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LOT 2476
Natural History - Polished Fossil Nautilus
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 in. (298 grams, 82 mm).
The coiled shell of Cymatoceras sakalavus showing the distinctive chamber construction. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Mahajanga jungles on the North West coast of Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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