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LOT 0397
Natural History - Fossil Crocodile Skull and Vertebrae
PALEOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 66-56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
20 in. (5.3 kg, 50.5 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]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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