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LOT 2556
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
DEVONIAN-LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 395 MILLION-125,000 YEARS B.P.
1 - 5 in. (1.3 kg total, 2.5-12.6 cm).
A group of fossils comprising: four polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; two polished Goniatite sp. specimens; a Dactylioceras commune trilobite; a Hildoceras bifrons ammonite; two Littorina littorea gastropods; and other fossils. [18, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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