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LOT 2261
Natural History - Fossil Leonaspis Trilobite on Matrix
MIDDLE DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (110 grams, 62 mm).
A Kettneraspis (Leonaspis) Williamsi displaying trailing spines, characteristic of this species; supplied with a general information card. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Hamar L'Aghdad Limestones, Djebel Issoumour area, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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