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LOT 2465
Natural History - Petraster Fossil Starfish
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (297 grams, 85 mm).
Comprising a Petraster sp. specimen on matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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