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LOT 2312
Natural History - Starfish Fossil Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (329 grams total, 95 mm each).
Comprising two square-shaped sedimentary matrixes displaying a fossil starfish; possibly Sinosura kelheimense. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Stonhoffen, Germany.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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