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LOT 2482
Twin Tharrhias Fossil Fish in Matrix from Brazil
EARLY CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 112 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 5/8 in. (1.7 kg, 19.5 cm).
Showing two overlapping Tharrhias Araripis specimens on a rounded matrix, the larger showing good scale detail. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom N.E. Brazil.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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