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LOT 2452
Natural History - Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (289 grams, 11.7 cm).
Partially polished to reveal some of the calcite preserved inside the dividing gas chambers of Cleoniceras sp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Partially polished to reveal some of the calcite preserved inside the dividing gas chambers of Cleoniceras sp. 289 grams, 11.7 cm
From Madagascar. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
