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LOT 2388
Natural History - Hollardops Fossil Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (256 grams, 89 mm).
The Hollardops mesacristata specimen on a textured matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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