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LOT 2507
Natural History - Fossil Brittlestar
MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/4 in. (507 grams, 14.5 cm).
A single Ophiuroidea sp. on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From El Kaid, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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