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LOT 2350
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Cluster
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA, 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (902 grams, 14 cm).
A quantity of Dactylioceras sp. specimens on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Whitby, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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