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LOT 2842
Natural History - Fossil Otarion Trilobite
MIDDLE DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (70 grams, 59 mm).
Otarion sp. showing the characteristic high-stalked eyes and elongated spines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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