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LOT 2473
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/5 in. (42.53 grams, 67 mm).
Promicroceras planicosta with iron stained surface giving a beautiful contrast in colour, from the Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Queen Camel, Somerset, UK, in 2008.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page with reference no.AMM7149.
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