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LOT 2211
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (174 grams, 66 mm).
Comprising a turtle coprolite (fossilised turtle excrement). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA.
Acquired during the 1980s.
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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