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LOT 2580
Ophiuroidea Fossil Brittle Star
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485.4-443.8 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (262 grams, 10.3 cm).
A freestanding matrix containing a large Ophiuroidea sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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