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LOT 2352
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Plate
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, ALBIAN STAGE, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (148 grams, 10.8 cm wide).
An assemblage comprising a number of polished Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
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