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LOT 2397
Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Nodule
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, 485-443 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (180 grams total, 62-63 mm).
An opened nodule containing a partial Flexicalymene specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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