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LOT 2316
Natural History - Fossil Spatulformis Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (113 grams, 73 mm).
Paralejurus spatulformis trilobite on a matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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