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LOT 2252
Natural History - Knightia Multi Fossil Fish Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (72 grams, 11 cm).
A round matrix with a pair of Knightia alta fossil fish. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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