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LOT 2602
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Group in Matrix
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (144 grams total, 97 mm).
Group of Promicroceras ammonite fossils in a sedimentary matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Black Ven, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK.
Ex old British palaeological collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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