PIN004 - MIOCENE FOSSIL ALLODESMUS SEA LION ROOTED FANG AND LATERAL TOOTH FROM SHARK TOOTH HILL, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.

Product Description

ITEM # 

PIN004

ID

Allodesmus kelloggi

FOUND

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

AGE

MIOCENE:  15 - 12 million years

SIZE

1.75" and 1.25" long

CONDITION

100% ORIGINAL, NO REPAIR OR
FABRICATION.  

NOTE

UNCOMMON- TWO MAIN TYPES OF TEETH!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This is an excellent pair of fossil teeth from a Miocene Era pinniped "sea lion" of the species Allodesmus kelloggi.  It is a nice set because it includes rooted teeth of two DIFFERENT types - a fang tooth and a lateral jaw tooth.  These fossil teeth come from the famous Shark Tooth Hill deposits in California.  The teeth are in their original condition as found.   HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for any marine mammal or shark fossil collection! 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!