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LOT 2364
Natural History - Fossil Mioplosus Fish
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (1.12 kg, 17.2 cm).
On a rectangular matrix, showing good detail. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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