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LOT 2342
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (534 grams, 11.8 cm).
Polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and showing the dividing gas chambers; freestanding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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