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LOT 0445
Natural History - Fossil Giganteus Crab
NEOGENE PERIOD, CIRCA 15-12 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (926 grams, 17 cm).
A well preserved and prepared complete Tumidocarcinus giganteus from a classic fossil location; witha handwritten provenance label to verso. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found by Mike Kemper, Waipare, Mount Cass, New Zealand, February 2014.
From the private collection of a Lancashire gentleman.
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