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LOT 2458
Natural History - Large Fossil Crinoid Plate
SILURIAN PERIOD, 443-416 MILLION YEARS B.P.
11 3/8 in. (2.28 kg, 29 cm high).
Displaying two partial crowns. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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