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LOT 2527
Natural History - Large Crinoid Fossil Display Plate
SILURIAN PERIOD, 443-416 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 3/4 in. (5.6 kg, 35 cm).
Presenting a large Scyphocrinus elegans crinoid, in an amorphous sheet matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
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