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LOT 2159
Natural History - Fossil Onnia Trilobite on Matrix
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 510-445 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (311 grams, 10.8 cm).
Displaying distinctive swept-back genal spines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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