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LOT 1990
Natural History - English Fossil Crab Group
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 in. (89 grams total, 46 mm wide).
A pair of fossilised Zanthopsis leachi (Desmarest) crabs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
