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LOT 2569
Natural History - Sea Fossil Collection
SILURIAN-EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 420-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 4 1/4 in. (282 grams total, 5.5-10.8 cm).
Comprising: Athleta luctator shell from Barton Beds, Hampshire, UK, ex professor Gordon Walkden collection, UK; Cretaceous Micraster species sea urchin from St. Margaret's Bay, near Dover, Kent, UK; Silurian fossil seabed section with brachiopods, crinoid stems, and remains of other sea creatures from Wenlock limestone, Dudley, East Midlands, and from an old British collection. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Dudley, West Midlands, UK.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page for the shell.
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