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LOT 1882
Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras Tower
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
14 1/8 in. (4 kg, 36 cm high).
Comprising seven Orthoceras fossils, polished to reveal their chambered structure. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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