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ULTRA RARE GIANT 6.4 INCH FOSSIL GIANT GROUND SLOTH CLAW FROM BOLIVIA Tarija, Bolivia LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD: 20,000 - 10,000 years ago This is an ultra-rare and beautifully preserved massive, complete claw is from the giant ground sloth Lestodon armatus from prehistoric Bolivia. An ultra-rare fossil claw such as this specimen presents an opportunity to own a true INVESTMENT CLASS SPECIMEN. This claw is exceptionally large and is INTACT from tip to joint. The preservation and condition is AMAZING with the color and detail you see above as being 100% NATURAL with NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. This claw was found intact and is natural AS FOUND. Specimen is heavy and well mineralized. With highly restrictive laws in place now prohibiting all export of fossils from Bolivia, this offer is especially RARE and unusual as this fossil claw only recently surfaced from a very old private collection. It is now illegal to remove any fossils from Argentina so specimens like this are extremely rare in any condition. THIS CLAW IS MUCH MORE RARE SO THAN A FLORIDA CLAW DUE TO THIS BAN ON FOSSIL EXPORT OR IMPORT FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Regardless of its unusual provenance, the condition of this choice example cannot be improved on and comes with our highest recommendation. The mesmerizing soft color transition and impeccable surface texture of this fossil begs for it to displayed open and handled hence, the lack of a display box. Custom-made stand suspends the claw in a life-like pose and is included. INVESTMENT CLASS because of size, condition and permanent ban on future collecting at this source! Giant ground sloths were slow-moving herbivores that died out at the end of the Pleistocene Period. They are survived today only by dog-sized tree-dwelling forms found in Central and South America. Some prehistoric giant ground sloths grew as large as a modern elephant. Giant ground sloths were so large that they were not able to climb trees, hence their land-roving lifestyle. Giant sloths are related to armadillos, sharing similar designs in their blunt, deep skulls as well as their mandibles. Their jaws were powered by very robust muscles for chewing vegetation and each jaw possessed three to five teeth. Giant ground sloths possessed very large feet sporting massive claws. Their claws were so large that they walked on the sides of their feet. Sloths could stand on their hind legs aided by a very strong tail, to reach vegetation at levels higher than other herbivores could typically reach. It is theorized that sloths first entered North America through Florida, nine million years ago from the South American continent. The first sloths in North America were the Mylodonts represented by two species of the genus Thinobadistes and the Megalonychids represented by the genus Pliometanastes. Later in the Pliocene, sloths again entered North America with two Mylodont species, Glossotherium chapadmalense and Paramylodon harlani, and with the Megalonychids genus, Megalonyx. By the Early Pleistocene, the largest ground sloths appeared, the Megatheriidae with several species represented. The largest ground sloth to have ever lived in North America is a member of this last group and is known as Eremotherium. The male Eremotheriums grew to an estimated THREE TONS. Giant ground sloths in the Americas went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene. RAREST SPECIES FOSSIL SLOTH CLAW WE HAVE EVER OFFERED - INTACT - SOURCE NOW CLOSED! 6.4" in length $1750 LM3-026 INCLUDES CUSTOM STAND Actual Item - One Only |
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