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LOT 2548
Polished Fossil Goniatite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (809 grams, 16 cm).
A large polished Goniatite sp. specimen showing the internal gas chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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