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LOT 2553
Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Nodule
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (132 grams, 62 mm).
An opened nodule containing Dactylioceras commune sp. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Yorkshire coast.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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