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LOT 2191
Natural History - Fossil Sinosura Starfish Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 1/2 in. (140 grams total, 45-65 mm).
Three possibly Sinosura kelheimense each on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Stonhoffen, Germany.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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