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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.
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