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LOT 2300
Natural History - Fossil Amphibian Coprolite
CHINLE FORMATION, UPPER TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 in. (67.8 grams, 55 mm).
Rounded mass from Seymouria baylorensis. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Chinle Formation, New Mexico.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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