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LOT 2685
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
DEVONIAN-LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 395 MILLION-200,000 YEARS B.P.
7/8 - 3 5/8 in. (1.3 kg total, 23-92 mm).
Comprising: a Pseudopecten bivalve; two Littorina littorea gastropods from Dorset; two Goniatite sp. ammonites; four polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; a Beudanticeras sp. ammonite from Kent; a rostral spine; and other fossils specimens. [20, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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