LMX052 - LARGE BONE-CRUSHING DINOCROCUTA MOLAR TOOTH OF A GIANT CAT-LIKE HYENA CARNIVORE FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF CHINA

Product Description

ITEM # 

LMX052

ID

Dinocrocuta sp.

FOUND

Liushu Formation - Linxia Basin - Gansu, Northwestern China

AGE

LATE MIOCENE:  11.1 - 8.7 million years ago

SIZE

1.2" across

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION WITH ORIGINAL 
PORTION OF MANDIBLE STILL ATTACHED

NOTE

PERFECT TOOTH FROM A MASSIVE APEX PREDATOR
OF CHINA'S LATE MIOCENE PERIOD!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

While more common decades ago when fossils from this deposit appeared in the U.S. market, fine quality fossil teeth of this rare Miocene carnivore fossil from China are very difficult to locate today.  This is a complete, molar of a Dinocrocuta gigantea, a strange massive beast that is classified as a hyena-like feliform.  Basically, this prehistoric monster was the largest bone-crushing hyena that ever lived with features like a lion.  As a matter of fact, Dinocrocuta was larger than a modern African lion! 

This is a complete large molar tooth still embedded in its original jaw bone.  The inside of the crown can be seen in the last photo and it shows the tooth is completely crystallized inside.  Whether to compliment a fossil collection of the world's most dangerous prehistoric apex predators, or to be made into a powerful amulet pendant, this is a pristine and large bone-crushing molar tooth of one of the most terrifying meat-eaters of its time  and region in the world.    MORE RARE THAN A EUROPEAN CAVE LION OR SMILODON MOLAR TOOTH!

This remarkable specimen came from a very old private U.S. collection originating back to the early 1980's before the wave of fake Chinese fossils flooded the world market as they have today.