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LOT 2317
Natural History - Fossil Shrimps
LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CENOMANIAN STAGE, CIRCA 100.5-93.9 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (123 grams, 69 x 66 mm).
On a sedimentary matrix comprising three Carpopenaeus callirostris specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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