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LOT 2069
Natural History - Fossil Starfish
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (142 grams, 86 mm).
Possibly Sinosura kelheimense on a squared matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Stonhoffen, Germany.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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