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LOT 2328
Natural History - Fossil March Flies on Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (410 grams total, 83-93 mm).
Comprising a pair of matrices, each with two Pleciapealei fossils. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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