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LOT 2309
Natural History - Large British Hildoceras Fossil Ammonite Display
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN, CIRCA 190 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (1.8 kg, 15.5 cm).
Showing a Hildoceras bifrons fossil ammonite specimen in a free-standing matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North Yorkshire, UK.
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LOT 2309
Natural History - Large British Hildoceras Fossil Ammonite Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Fossil African 'T-rex' Dinosaur Tooth with Root
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From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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