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LOT 2010
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Pair Group
MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 5/8 in. (175 grams total, 54-66 mm).
Comprising two Pecopteris sp. fossil seed fern pairs. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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