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LOT 2212
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485.4-443.8 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (434 grams, 13.5 cm).
Ophiuroidea sp. on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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