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LOT 1798
Natural History - Large British Fossil Nautiloid
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
16 1/2 in. (22.2 kg, 42 cm).
The large specimen on a cut matrix with smaller ammonites and bivalves. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Yorkshire coast, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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