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LOT 2793
Natural History - Fossil Sinosura Starfish Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (146 grams total, 63-70 mm).
Comprising three possibly Sinosura kelheimense specimens, a pair on one matrix and the other with one specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Stonhoffen, Germany.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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