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LOT 2258
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish on Matrix Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (217 grams total, 83-90 mm).
Comprising three rounded matrices, each with a single Knightia alta specimen. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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