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LOT 2503
Natural History - Fossil Nautilus Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 120 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (140 grams total, 40-46 mm).
Comprising three polished Cymatoceras sakalavus specimens. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the jungles of Mahajanga on the North West coast of Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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