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LOT 2395
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Group
MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 1/2 in. (180 grams total, 66-88 mm).
Comprising three Pecopteris sp. specimens. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Lepidodendron Fossil Tree Trunk Section
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth and Fish Bone Display
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
