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LOT 1794
Natural History - Oxynotum Zone Fossil Cluster
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 170 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 in. (66 grams, 50 mm).
The matrix set with a montage of ammonites, bivalves and a belemnite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Tuffley, Gloucestershire, UK.
From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection.
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