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LOT 2340
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 444-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 7/8 in. (392 grams, 97 mm).
The aquatic arthropod with its back arched, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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