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LOT 1906
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 - 3 5/8 in. (237 grams total, 90-92 mm).
A pair of cut and polished fossil ammonite halves, each displaying the gas chambers; possibly Cleoniceras sp. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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LOT 1906
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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