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LOT 2227
Natural History - Fossil Morroccanites Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (152 grams, 69 mm).
A Morocconites malladoides specimen displaying the characteristic upcurved, frontal medial spine. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Morocconites malladoides is thought to have been a epifaunal detritivore.
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LOT 2227
Natural History - Fossil Morroccanites Trilobite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Scarce Fossil Sapindopsis Plant on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
