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LOT 2526
Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, 419-358 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (170 grams, 70 mm).
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antennae; 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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