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LOT 2255
Natural History - Fossil Elrathia Kingii Trilobite Group
CAMBRIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 541-485 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (75 grams total, 76-77 mm).
Comprising a pair of matrices, each with a single Elrathia kingii specimen, one also with a partial negative impression of another fossil trilobite. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Utah, U.S.A.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2255
Natural History - Fossil Elrathia Kingii Trilobite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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