MVX001 - MIOCENE FOSSIL ALLODESMUS SEA LION JAW WITH ORIGINAL TEETH FROM SHARK TOOTH HILL, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.

Product Description

ITEM # 

MVX001

ID

Allodesmus kelloggi

FOUND

Temblor Formation (Shark Tooth Hill), 
Round Mountain Silt - Bakersfield, CA, U.S.A.

AGE

MIOCENE:  15 - 12 million years

SIZE

3.5" long

CONDITION

100% ORIGINAL, MINOR REPAIR TO
BONE, NO FABRICATION, TEETH ORIGINAL
TO JAW

NOTE

RARE AND IMPRESSIVE!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This is an uncommon fossil jaw of a large Miocene Era pinniped "sea lion" of the species Allodesmus kelloggi.  The specimen comes from the famous Shark Tooth Hill deposits in California.  The teeth and bone are in their original condition as found and excessive wear is fascinating as seen on the teeth.  They are sharpened to pointed spears over time by the wear of the opposing jaw during feeding.  Some original enamel can be seen on the crowns.  Specimen is NATURAL, WITHOUT ANY ENHANCEMENT OR RESTORATION.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for any marine mammal or shark fossil collection!

The rich Miocene fossil deposit known as "Sharktooth Hill" located in Bakersfield (Kern County), California has a reputation as the finest and most diverse fossil deposit of Miocene sharks, rays, bony fishes, turtles, birds and mammals (both marine and terrestrial) of the entire Pacific realm of North America.  The formation is a result of silt spilling out of a prehistoric river delta into a Middle Miocene sea that once covered central California over 12 million years ago.  This river originated in the nearby mountains east of Bakersfield.  The fossil-bearing layer is thin ranging an average of only 6" - 18" thick but it spans approximately 100 square miles!