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LOT 2751
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Pair
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (947 grams, 13.9 cm).
Containing two Dactylioceras tenuicostatum sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Whitby Dac, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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