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LOT 2683
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 3 3/8 in. (351 grams total, 71-86 mm).
Three Flexicalymene sp. trilobites from nodules. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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