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LOT 2216
Natural History - Fossil Reedops Trilobite
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (230 grams, 88 mm).
A Reedops sp. trilobite on matrix, clearly showing the external structures. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Hamar Laghdad Formation, Atlas Mountains, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection.
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