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LOT 2162
Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-100.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 5/8 in. (20.3 grams, 42 mm).
Euhoplites probiscidus with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell; supplied in a wooden storage box. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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