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LOT 2512
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (316 grams, 11.5 cm).
A superbly polished Cleoniceras sp. ammonite showing the suture patterns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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