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LOT 2049
Natural History - Fossil Sea Urchin
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (163 grams, 67 mm).
Clypeus ploti forming a globular nodule. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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