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LOT 2535
Natural History - Fossil Leonaspis Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (180 grams, 70 mm).
Showing the odontopleurid trilobite specimen on an irregular matrix; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Hamar L'Aghdad limestones, Djebel Issomour area, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Rastellum Bivalve
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Natural History - Cut Fossil Ammonite Halves
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