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LOT 2759
Phacops Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-439 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (158 grams, 74 mm).
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail to the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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