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LOT 1742
Natural History - Phacops Fossil Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (149 grams, 76 mm).
A fossil Phacops sp. trilobite on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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