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LOT 2338
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
MAINLY DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (1.89 kg total, 1.3-11 cm).
An interesting group of fossils comprising: four polished orthoceras specimens; a polished goniatite; three polished coral specimens; two Otodus obliquus teeth on matrices; a clam shell; ammonites; various dinosaur bones, one with a an old typed note; a section of Pycnodont fish on a matrix. [22, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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