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LOT 2335
Natural History - Double Fossil Shrimp Plate
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (183 grams, 91 mm).
A rectangular matrix with a pair of fossil shrimps and a partial fossil to the side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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