Correction (25th May 2023): This article previously stated that a fossil auctioned by Aguttes in 2018 had not been seen since. That was wrong.
It is permanently on loan to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, where it is on display to the public. We apologise for the mistake.
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