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HIGHLY RARE DAPHOENODON MIOCENE PERIOD BONE-CRUSHING BEAR-DOG" COMPLETE FANG WITH ROOT Suwannee River, Florida, U.S.A. EARLY MIOCENE PERIOD: 20 - 18 million years ago The bizarre fauna of prehistoric Florida is nothing short of fascinating. Amongst every type of animal that ever walked this part of the planet millions of years ago, fossil remains of this horrific and ferocious beast ranks as one of the rarest as its entire family lineage emerged and then went completely extinct during the Miocene Period. This HIGHLY RARE specimen is from an apex predator of North America that was featured on a past natural history show called "Walking With Prehistoric Beasts". Fine grade fossils of Bear-Dogs are amongst the rarest of extinct North American apex predators. This a COMPLETE fang with full root from a bone-crushing bear-dog Daphoenodon notionastes. It is in superb condition with no modern damage or repair. The enamel is a beautiful blue-black with tones of brown. The complete root is a wonderful contrasting light cream color. The crown of this fang still has a nicely pointed tip. Overall condition is superb of this very rare specimen. In the Early Miocene of Florida, no animal was more deadly. This mammal was the apex predator of its time and had no equal. This specimen would make an incredibly unique talisman or pendant as well as a RARE addition to an apex predator fossil collection! NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. For the fossil of a lifetime in rarity and display appeal, this is definitely a top recommendation of ours! Made famous in the BBC digital television presentation "Walking with Prehistoric Beasts", the bear-dogs were ferocious carnivores that ranged from the size of a medium dog to the size of a bear. These predators known as Amphicyonids were neither dogs nor bears but were more closely related to bears. They emerged and subsequently went extinct during the Miocene, once inhabiting regions of Eurasia and North America. Amphicyonidae were a diverse group with species resembling all or part of modern dogs, hyenas and bears. Leaner built species had cheek teeth designed for shearing meat whereas the stouter and larger species had teeth designed to crush bone. Males were larger than females. They lived in dens and had the ability to dig large burrows. TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF FLORIDA ARE SUPER RARE AND ONLY FOUND AT A HANDFUL OF SITES - EXOTIC AND VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! THIS BEAST WAS THE APEX PREDATOR OF FLORIDA IN THE EARLY MIOCENE AND HAD NO EQUAL 1.4" long on the curve $345 LMX006 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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