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LOT 2777
Polished Fossil Goniatite Stand
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 in. (1.47 kg, 18 cm).
A display comprising four polished Goniatite sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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