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LOT 2450
Natural History - Fossil Rastellum Bivalve
MIDDLE JURASSIC-LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 174-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (120 grams, 73 mm).
The mollusc specimen with a narrow-valved tubular shell. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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