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LOT 2403
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (428 grams, 15.5 cm).
Ophiuroidea sp. specimen on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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