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LOT 2479
Natural History - Fossil Dicranurus Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (468 grams, 13.2 cm).
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus trilobite; on a matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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