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LOT 2791
Trochocyathus Fossil Display
EOCENE PERIOD, 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (300 grams total, 12 x 8.9 x 6.7 cm including case).
A cluster of fossil Trochocyathus sp. coral specimens arranged on a matrix; held in a collector's display case. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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