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LOT 2861
Perisphinctes Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 174-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (199 grams, 88 mm).
Perisphinctids indogermanus fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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