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LOT 2444
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (181 grams, 76 mm).
Comprising a large example of 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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