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LOT 0427
Natural History - Extinct Genus of Prehistoric Fossil Salamander Skeleton
MIDDLE MIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 13 MILLION YEAR B.P.
7 1/4 in. (808 grams, 18.5 cm).
From Chelotriton paradoxus (Pomel, 1853) on a thin stone matrix mounted on a fibreglass box matrix.
ProvenanceFrom Gacko Formation, Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia.
From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
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LOT 0427
Natural History - Extinct Genus of Prehistoric Fossil Salamander Skeleton
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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UK gallery, early 2000s.