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LOT 2627
Natural History - Fossil Agnostid Trilobite Cluster in Matrix
MIDDLE CAMBRIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 500 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 in. (35 grams, 58 mm).
Agnostid trilobite, Pychognostus cayanus cluster in sedimentary rock matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From House Range, Millard County, Utah, U.S.A.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2627
Natural History - Fossil Agnostid Trilobite Cluster in Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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