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LOT 2371
Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Vertebra
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (305 grams, 11.8 cm).
With neural arch, from the woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brown Bank, Dogger beds, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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