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LOT 1837
Natural History - Fossil Macrolepidotus Fish
MIDDLE DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 360 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/4 in. (830 grams, 18.5 cm).
A fossil Osteolepis macrolepidotus fish in matrix.
ProvenanceFrom Cruaday Hill Quarry, Orkney Isles, Scotland.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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