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LOT 2399
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.
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