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LOT 2388
Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 419-358 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (158 grams, 63 mm).
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antenna; on a matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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