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LOT 2367
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 - 4 3/4 in. (268 grams total, 11.6-12.2 cm).
Comprising two Knightia alta fossil fish on matrices. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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