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LOT 2526
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (126 grams, 80 mm).
Comprising two specimens on a rectangular sandstone matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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