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ICE AGE NORTH AMERICAN GIANT ARMADILLO MOLAR TOOTH Santa Fe River - Florida, U.S.A. LATE PLIOCENE PERIOD: 3.2 - 1.8 million years ago Fine grade fossil teeth from North American Prehistoric Giant Armadillos are not common fossil finds and make an interesting as well as educational specimen for Ice Age mammal fossil displays. This is a molar tooth from the North American Giant Armadillo Holmesina floridanus. This creature was a bizarre beast that went extinct at the during the final Ice Age in the United States. Molar tooth has a nice natural dark brown color and shows its characteristic lobed cross-section design on the chewing surface. Tooth is INTACT WITH NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. A fine quality display specimen from a prehistoric creature most people have no knowledge of! In North America, there are two species of Holmesina that are known with both based on Florida finds. The smaller animal is named, H. floridanus and lived during the late Pliocene on into the early Pleistocene. Floridanus' larger cousin at more than twice its size, H. septentrionalis, ranged from the middle to late Pleistocene. At over 600 pounds and exceeding 6 feet in length, the Giant Armadillo must have been one heavy land tank of an animal. It is believed these creatures spread to Florida during the Pleistocene from their original domain in South America. It is still a mystery as to what they ate. Modern armadillos eat insects but to sustain 600 pounds of body mass would have required some other type of food source. About 9800 years ago, a dramatic shift in the climate caused their extinction in Florida. UNCOMMON FINE GRADE MOLAR TOOTH FROM A MOSTLY UNKNOWN ICE AGE BEAST OF NORTH AMERICA .6" long $165 LM5-019 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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