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LOT 2209
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Cluster
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/8 in. (916 grams, 18 cm).
A quantity of ammonite specimens on an irregular matrix, possibly Cymbites. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Whitby, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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