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LOT 1815
Natural History - Fossil Fly Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 - 3 1/8 in. (198 grams total, 51-79 mm).
A group of three fossil flies in matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Green River Formation, South Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Fossil Shrimps in Matrix
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Fine condition.
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Fine condition.
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