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LOT 2108
Natural History - Fossil Cambropallas Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 1/2 in. (1.6 kg, 21.5 cm).
Cambropallas telesto on a light brown matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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