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LOT 0434
Natural History - Fossil Crocodile Skull and Vertebrae
PALEOCENE EPOCH, 66-56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
19 1/4 in. (7.7 kg, 49 cm).
Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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