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LOT 2695
Natural History - Fossil Thysanopeltis Trilobite
MIDDLE DEVONIAN AGE, CIRCA 419-380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (298 grams, 11.6 cm).
Showing well-defined fringing pygidial spines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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