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LOT 2421
Natural History - Dinosaur Fossil Coprolite
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 140 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 7/8 in. (1 kg total, 12.4 cm).
Comprising a large fragment of fossilised dung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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