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LOT 2290
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish on Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 7/8 in. (264 grams, 98 mm).
The Knightia alta on a rectangular matrix, showing good detail. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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