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LOT 2484
Natural History - Fossil Trilobite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (279 grams total, 45-73 mm).
Comprising three trilobites, two Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. trilobites and one Hollardops mesacristata on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
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