PIN002 - MIOCENE FOSSIL SEAL PINNIPED CANINE TOOTH WITH ROOT FROM CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.

Product Description

ITEM # 

PIN002

ID

pinniped

FOUND

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

AGE

MIOCENE:  15 - 12 million years

SIZE

4.25" long

CONDITION

RARE WITH COMPLETE ROOT, RESTORATION
ON .5" OF END OF ROOT AND TINY AREA ON 
ONE SIDE OF CROWN.

NOTE

SCARCE WITH ROOT INTACT!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This is a nice large fossil canine tooth with root from a Miocene Period seal from the well-known Shark Tooth Hill deposits of North America.  Pinniped fossils are rare but in this famous deposit, they are found amidst a multitude of fossil whale, seal and shark remains.  The unusual deposit might have been a rich and idyllic feeding ground for many sharks of the Miocene Era. 

This fossil seal tooth was found in a nearly complete state and only required a small amount of restoration on the last .5" of the tip of the root.  There is a minor amount of cosmetic restoration on the labial side of the crown of the tooth but otherwise, this is a beautiful and impressive specimen from North America.  Most of the fossil seal teeth found there are smaller than this example.

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!