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LOT 2284
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Pair
MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 1/2 in. (131 grams total, 54-65 mm).
Comprising two pairs of Pecopteris sp. [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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A partial jaw with four teeth from Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus, formerly assigned to the genus Globidens. 92 grams, 10.9 cm
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