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LOT 2399
Natural History - Fossil Euthriofusus Gastropod
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 40 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 in. (12.8 grams, 55 mm).
Well preserved fossil Euthriofusus Regularis, gastropod shell. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Barton Beds, Hampshire, UK, 1960.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by an explanatory note.
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