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LOT 1965
Natural History - Polished Fossil Bivalve Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 160 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 3 in. (390 grams total, 72-78 mm).
Comprising two complete polished fossil bivalves. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morondava River Basin, Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Southwest Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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