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LOT 2456
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (446 grams, 11 cm).
Free-standing and polished to reveal the dividing gas chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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