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LOT 2292
Natural History - Fossil Elrathia Trilobite on Matrix
CAMBRIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 538-485 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (132 grams, 85 mm).
An Elrathia sp. specimen with a sub-ovate carapace tapering towards the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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