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LOT 2156
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (145 grams total, 86-87 mm).
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 173 grams total, 87-91 mm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
