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LOT 2285
Natural History - Oxynotum Zone Fossil Cluster
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (119 grams, 10 cm).
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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