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LOT 2261
Natural History - Fossil Agadir Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (935 grams,11.5 cm).
A free-standing Mellitella sp. ammonite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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