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LOT 1952
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Fossil Tower
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 370 MILLION YEARS B.P.
12 /4 in. (3.1 kg, 31 cm high).
A free-standing pillar of seven polished Orthoceras fossils. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Bristol paleontological collection.
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