LMX105 - ULTRA RARE URSUS ARCTOS PREHISTORIC BROWN BEAR INTACT TIBIA LOWER LEG BONE FROM EUROPE

Product Description

ID

Ursus arctos

FOUND

River Gravel Deposit - Central Europe

AGE

PLEISTOCENE:  250,000 - 10,000 years ago

SIZE

10.4" long

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.  EROSION
TO PROXIMAL END.  DISTAL JOINT INTACT.

NOTE

EUROPEAN PREHISTORIC BROWN BEAR FOSSILS
ARE EXTREMELY RARE.  THIS IS ONE OF ONLY 
TWO WE HAVE OFFERED.

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

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Alongside the true Cave Bear from Europe, Ursus spelaeus, lived the Brown Bear, Ursus arctos.  Ursus arctos was one of the predators feared and avoided by prehistoric humans like Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon peoples during the final Ice Age in Europe.  Ursus arctos moved from Asia into Europe around 250,000 years ago and unlike the Cave Bear, survived the end of the Ice Age but in Poland (where this fossil was found), the Brown Bear is only estimated to be around 100 animals and is near extinction.  Fossils from Ursus arctos are  very rare and this is the SECOND specimen we have to offer for sale, ever in our history, to date.  The bones were found in the same quarry and deposit a complete skull was found.  For a comprehensive fossil bear exhibit and the ultimate addition to an Ice Age display, this is an extremely important and recommended specimen.  It is not hard to secure fossils of the Cave Bear but to add the Brown Bear to your collection, is a very rare chance discovery when the fossils are found.

This is a TIBIA bone or lower leg bone of  Ursus arctos.  It was collected from a gravel quarry rich in Ice Age fossils of this period.  On rare occasions, bones of this extinct prehistoric bear are found in this deposit along with fossils of the Southern Mammoth of the inter-glacial period in Europe.  The bone is in incredible preservation and is a light Swiss chocolate brown color.  In comparison of this bone with similar bones of Ursus spelaeus, a more gracile, elongate and less robust anatomy can be seen versus the opposite in U. spelaeus.  NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION.  Erosion to proximal end so part of joint is missing but distal end is perfect.

This fossil would also make a great compliment to a  primitive man stone tool and weapon collection as they lived alongside each other at one point in history and were hunted and revered by both Neanderthal man and Cro-Magnon man.