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LOT 1772

Sold for (Inc. bp): £64

NATURAL HISTORY - FOSSIL STARFISH IN MATRIX
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485.4-443.8 MILLION YEARS B.P.
12 in. (1.6 kg, 30.5 cm).

A pair of Ophiuroides sp. starfish together with a Carpoid and other fossils on an irregular matrix.

PROVENANCE:
El Caid Romi, Morocco, North Africa.
Old Bristol collection.

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