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LOT 1876
Natural History - Large Triple Agadir Ammonite Display
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
19 in. (33.2 kg, 48 cm wide).
A large triple Agadir ammonite display showing two larger and one smaller specimen, possibly Acanthoceras sp.
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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