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LOT 2448
Natural History - Fossil Fish and Lobster in Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
16 1/8 in. (4.5 kg, 41 cm).
Possibly Pseudostacus hakeliensis, together with a fossil fish, possibly Rhinobatos sp., both showing some good detail.
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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