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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.
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LOT 2800
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Ammonite Platter
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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