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LOT 2704
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (230 grams, 11.9 cm).
Comprising two Carpopenaeus sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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