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RARE GEM QUALITY COLORFUL EXTINCT SHORT-FACED BEAR CANINE FANG Suwannee 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 Suwannee River, this is an extremely rare fossil canine fang of an extinct Short-Faced Bear, Tremarctos floridanus. This species is sometimes referred to as the 'Florida Cave Bear'. This is an upper left canine fang with root. It is an absolute GEM QUALITY specimen with amazing color and preservation. Crown sports complete naturally lustrous enamel in a mix of burnt orange, gold and brown. Root is a hot pumpkin orange. 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. The most prized bear fossils are animal's weapons - its fangs and claws. Regardless of condition, the primary fang canine tooth of this rare Ice Age bear would be a fossil worth bragging over but to be in this condition and with such attractive colors makes it an especially desirable specimen. Fossils of short-faced bears are many, many times more rare than the classic European cave bear and Siberian Ice Age bear. 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. VERY EXOTIC FANG FROM RARE ICE AGE BEAR - GEM CONDITION WITH MESMERIZING COLOR! 2.75" long SOLD LM49-005 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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