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LOT 2260
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (283 grams, 77 mm).
The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative of the fossilised Flexicalymene sp. trilobite. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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