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LOT 2587
Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 1/8 in. (244 grams total, 76-79 mm).
A pair of polished Goniatite sp. specimens showing parts of the internal structure. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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