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LOT 0403
Natural History - Large Fossil Diplomystus Fish Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
23 1/4 in. (8.95 kg, 59 cm).
A large Diplomystus sp. fossil fish on a matrix slab.
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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