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LOT 2441
Natural History - Large Fossil Ammonite
LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN STAGES, CIRCA 100- 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 7/8 in. (3 kg, 20 cm).
A freestanding example of a large Mammites nodosoides fossil ammonite.
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
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