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LOT 1777
Natural History - British Fossil Fern Leaf
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 165-200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (264 grams, 14 cm).
The matrix with one large and portions of smaller fern fossils; sticker to reverse 'Betshanger[sic], Kent'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Betteshanger, Kent, UK.
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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