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LOT 2369
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star and Starfish Pair
ORDOVICIAN AGE, 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 - 5 in. (1.07 kg total, 12-12.8 cm).
Comprising a Petraster sp. on a rounded matrix and four Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on an irregular matrix. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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