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LOT 2800

Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Ammonite Platter

JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.

9 5/8 in. (755 grams, 24.5 cm).

A circular composite plate of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2800

Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Ammonite Platter

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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