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LOT 2238
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp and Fish on Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (172 grams, 90 mm).
The rectangular matrix with a fossil shrimp and faint remains of a fish showing the spine and head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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