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PERFECT AMERICAN LLAMA FOSSIL MOLAR IN JAW Santa Fe River - Florida, U.S.A. PLEISTOCENE PERIOD: 1.4 million - 10,000 years ago From the depths of the Santa Fe River comes the choice grade fossil molar specimen still in the jaw from a prehistoric llama that once thrived in Florida. This is a molar from the extinct North American camelid, Paleollama mirifica. The specimen is absolutely a gem example! The light tapioca colors and perfect preservation makes for a top-drawer example for display. Enamel is perfect and completely intact as is the well-preserved chewing surface. An excellent educational fossil as most people do not know that llamas and camels once roamed the southern United States. There is NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. Paleollama mirifica first occurrence in the fossil record dates to the Early Pleistocene in Florida. It thrived alongside another camelid called Hemiauchenia. Paleollama was more stocky and smaller than Hemiauchenia. Paleollama is most closely related to the modern surviving llamas in South America today. In North America, all camelids went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene. Florida's history of terrestrial vertebrates is extremely important to our fossil record. Without the knowledge gained from these fossils, the history of Cenozoic terrestrial life on the North American continent would be very incomplete. PERFECT SPECIMEN FROM AN EXTINCT AMERICAN CAMELID! 2" in length overall $85 LM46-008 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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