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Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix
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LOT 2738

Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix

ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.

6 1/8 in. (711 grams, 15.5 cm).

Showing a complete and a partial Petraster sp. specimen; repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION
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LOT 2738

Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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