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LOT 2210
Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Plate
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, 485-443 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 7/8 in. (2.78 kg, 25 cm).
The mortality plate comprising fifteen variously sized Flexicalymene specimens.
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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