LMX007 - FLORIDA PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL GRAY FOX PARTIAL MAXILLA WITH TEETH

Product Description

ITEM # 

LMX007

ID

Urocyon cinereoargenteusare

FOUND

Marion Co. - Florida, U.S.A.

AGE

PLEISTOCENE:  1.5 million - 10,000 years ago

SIZE

1.9" long

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION - AS FOUND

NOTE

FOX FOSSILS ARE EXTREMELY RARE.
FIRST TIME WE OFFERED A SPECIMEN 
OF THIS SPECIES!  MUCH MORE RARE THAN
PRICE SUGGESTS!!!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

In an extraordinary discovery of a fossil site that may one day be deemed the "La Brea of the Southeast U.S." comes this very rare fossil specimen of not just an isolated tooth but of a substantial partial fossil maxilla with two primary carnassial molars still attached of a Pleistocene Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteusare.  Fossil remains of the Gray Fox are  ULTRA RARE.  One highly seasoned collector of southeastern U.S. fossils remarks that even a single tooth is an incredibly rare discovery despite the region having the richest of such deposits in the world.

As of this moment, the site is not yet published but is currently under study for future scientific publishing.  It is a submerged limestone fissure river deposit that has yielded an incredible wealth of fossils from both apex predators right down to small preyed upon rodents and amphibians.  The vast majority of the collection will NOT be made available for sale.  It was likely once a large rock shelter at the water's edge that over time, had been home to a variety of predators and smaller creatures that either were killed and dragged in as prey or scampered about along the larger beasts such as short-faced and black bear as well as jaguar.  In some areas, the site has yielded the kinds of small and delicate specimens that were unheard of before in the southeastern United States fossil record.   This rare fossil has been decommissioned from the study collection but it is truly a rare offering of the likes that you will probably rarely if ever see again in the life of an active collector.   On a very limited basis, we will be offering a few pieces of this rare site discovery.  ALL fossils from this site will be highly unusual in their type and condition of completeness.  In many cases, you may never see again some fossils of certain animals ever again so advanced collectors and museums should take note at the diversity of what we will offer from this collection.

This maxilla has been stabilized but is otherwise exactly as it was found.  To call this 'rare" hardly conveys the true scarcity of this piece.  All the teeth are original and show beautiful colors of blue, orange, cream, gold and green against the medium chocolate brown bone.   NO DYES, NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.  Intact and AS FOUND!