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LOT 2158
Natural History - Large Crinoid Fossil Display Plate
SILURIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 443-416 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 3/4 in. (6 kg, 35 cm).
Presenting two large Scyphocrinus elegans crinoids with remains of other crinoids. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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