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LOT 0436
Natural History - Large Fossil Orthoceras 'Rocket' Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
39 3/4 in. (15.8 kg, 1.01 m).
The extinct nautiloid cephalopod polished to reveal the internal gas chambers and set on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 0436
Natural History - Large Fossil Orthoceras 'Rocket' Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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