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LOT 2485
Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (186 grams total, 81-92 mm).
Comprising three rounded matrices, two with a single Knightia alta specimen, and one with a full and a partial specimen. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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