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LOT 2752
Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (83 grams, 11.6 cm).
An oval matrix with a Knightia alta specimen. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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