Natural History - Fossil Cockroach in Matrix

LOWER CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 108-92 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 7/8 in. (193 grams, 97 mm).

Embedded in laminated limestone and showing some good detail of the insect. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Santana Formation, Brazil.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.

CONDITION

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