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LOT 2424
Natural History - Fossil Starfish Group
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 4 3/4 in. (716 grams total, 7-12 cm).
Comprising four Petraster sp. specimens on matrices. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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