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RARE! EXTINCT SHORT-FACED BEAR MOLAR TOOTH WITH ROOT Aucilla River - North Florida, U.S.A. MIDDLE (RANCHOLABREAN AGE) TO LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD: 300,000 to 10,000 years ago From the Pleistocene deposits of the Aucilla River, this is an extremely rare fossil tooth of an extinct Short-Faced Bear, Tremarctos floridanus. This species is sometimes referred to as the 'Florida Cave Bear'. It is an absolutely 100% COMPLETE molar with intact original root. As an addition to any fossil tooth collection, this certainly will be amongst your rarest specimens as very few fossils of ANY type are found or offered from this once dangerous and now extinct ferocious bear. Guaranteed NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. Tremarctos floridanus was a member of the Ursidae or bear family. This extinct beast is amongst the Tremarctine bears noted for their short snouts hence the name, 'Short-Faced Bear'. Three genera (listed in order of their emergence) once lived in North America - Plionarctos, Arctodus and finally, Tremarctos. The Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is the only surviving member and lives today in the jungles of South America. All were active carnivorous predators that later evolved into the omnivorous bears of today. Arctodus was a massive and terrible beast, the largest bear that ever lived in North America and exceeding in size and ferocity living Kodiaks, Grizzlies and Brown Bears. Tremarctos was a more evolved version of Arctodus and was not as large but an equally able predator. A VERY RARE TOOTH! AND IN THE FINEST COMPLETE CONDITION WITH ROOT - INTACT! 1" long $135 LM49-002 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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