Common Name: Fossil Cave Bear Tooth
Genus/Species: Ursus spelaeus
Age: 40-80 Million Years Old
Period: Pleistocene
Formation: Dry Cave Deposits
Location: Carpathian Mountains, Romania
Outstanding Fossil Tooth / Molar in a Jaw section of a European Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus. This Rare Extinct Fossil Cave Bear Jaw section with 1 Tooth is an Ice Age Mammal of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The tooth and jaw have been stabilized with a protective hardener. No repairs or restorations. This material is no longer coming out of Romania and you are seeing less of it all the time. For a collection, this is a high quality tooth from an extinct cave bear. Actual Specimen Pictured & Guaranteed Authentic.
The Cave Bear is an extinct species that lived in Europe, during the
Pleistocene Period. The name comes from the fact that most of the
fossils were found in caves.
They were about 30% bigger than their closest relative the Brown
Bear. They had a steeper forehead than the Brown Bear. It was an
omnivore that ate grass, herbs, berries and occasionally small animals.
In May of 2005, scientists in California recovered and
decoded some DNA of this Prehistoric Bear that lived 44-42,000 years
ago. They were able to recover 21 of its genes.
Most fossil teeth and bones are found in the dry cave deposits from the
Carpathian Mountains of Romania. In Romania, there was one cave called
“bears cave” where 140 skeletons of this species were found, in 1983.
Size: 1.85" W x 2.98" L x 1.05" Thickness
Price: SOLD
Item #: CB010
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