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LOT 1922
Natural History - Fossil Ginkgo Leaf in Matrix
PALEOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 66-56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (91 grams, 77 mm).
A fossil Ginkgo sp. leaf in an amorphous matrix; held in a white card collector's tray. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Sentinel Butte Formation, North Dakota.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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