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LOT 1945
Natural History - Fossil Insect in Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (167 grams, 12.5 cm).
On a rounded sandstone matrix, possibly a grasshopper. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Crato Formation, Brazil.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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