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LOT 2311
Natural History - Diplomystus Fossil Fish on Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/2 in. (776 grams, 16.5 cm).
On a rectangular matrix, showing good detail. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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