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LOT 2470
Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 3/8 in. (210 grams total, 53-59 mm).
Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. specimens on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Prgain, Alnif, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
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