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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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LOT 2069

Natural History - Fossil Starfish

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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