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LOT 2217
Natural History - Fossil Cornuproetus Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 416-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (254 grams, 77 mm).
Cornuproetus sp. displaying distinctive swept-back genal spines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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