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LOT 2281
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp on Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (328 grams, 12.2 cm).
On a rectangular sandstone matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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