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LOT 2340
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (237 grams, 11 cm).
Ophiuroidea sp. specimen on irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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