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LOT 1765
Natural History - Fossil Icthyosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
22 1/4 in. (117 grams, 58 mm).
An Ichthyosaurus communis vertebra. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Obtusum Zone, Lower Lias, Lower Jurassic, Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.
Acquired during the 1980s.
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 1765
Natural History - Fossil Icthyosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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