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LOT 2404
Natural History - Fossil 'Whitby Dac' Ammonite Nodule
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (309 grams, 73 mm).
Comprising the complete nodule with positive and negative Dactylioceras commune fossil. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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