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LOT 1987
Natural History - Marine Crocodile Fossil Vertebra
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-175 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (97 grams, 41 mm).
A fossilised marine Steneosaurus (Teleosaurus) crocodile vertebra. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Sandsend, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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