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Fossil Llama Camel Tooth for SaleTooth Fossil for Sale
Description:Common Name: Fossil Llama Camel Tooth Molar
This is an exceptional Fossil Camel Tooth Llama Molar. The tooth has all but two of its roots, and is highly mineralized with a blue-black enameled patina. This tooth is from an early Llama, and often called the "Stout-Legged Llama". Stunning example of a Pleistocene animal from the Ice Age of Florida. Florida has one of the most abundant assemblages of fossil Camels in the United States. Marvelous condition with no repairs or restorations. Actual Specimen Pictured & Guaranteed Authentic. Camels and llamas evolved in North America and these camel llama fossils are very abundant in the fossil record, of Florida. The Camelids were most diverse in the Miocene Period and went extinct in North America by the end of the Pleistocene Period. Of the Camelidae, in Florida, three sub-Families existed: Aepycamelinae (Giraffe-camels), Florida Tragulinae and Camelinae. The more commonly found prehistoric llama was Palaeolama mirifica, the one most closely related to modern llamas. It was a short, stocky-legged built llama that lived in the open grasslands, in Florida, and fed on grass and leaves of bushes. It was most likely hunted by the Jaguar. The other common llama fossil is the large-headed llama Hemiauchenia macrocephala. This prehistoric animal was a very tall and slender built llama standing 9ft.(3M) in height. Size: .87" W x 1.35" L x .81" Thickness
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