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LOT 2427
Natural History - Mamite Fossil
LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (351 grams, 10.2 cm).
The coiled shell with distinctive horns. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
An uncommon species of ammonite that are found in the Cretaceous sediments of the Central High Atlas mountains.
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