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LOT 2455
Natural History - Large Fossil Agadir Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 in. (6 kg, 23 cm high).
Freestanding white ammonite with cut base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Agadir, Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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