Description: Prehistoric Brontothere large tooth fossil in a great display case. The tooth piece has a large amount of enamel. This fossil was found in the White River Badlands of South Dakota. This fossil is about 1 1/2" x 1 1/4". Interesting looking tooth piece. The fossil comes in a unique display case and includes a laminated information card. All fossils sold are authentic. No replicas. Brontothere, member of an extinct genus (Brontotherium) of large, hoofed, herbivorous mammals found as fossils in North American deposits of the Oligocene Epoch (36.6 to 23.7 million years ago). Brontotherium is representative of the titanotheres, large perissodactyls that share a common ancestry with the horse; indeed, the titanotheres probably were derived from a form that was very similar to the dawn horse (Hyracotherium). Adult brontotheres stood up to 8 feet high at the shoulder. Although the skull was massive and long, the brain was smaller than the brains of most living hoofed mammals. A pair of large horns at the front of the animal’s skull was united at their base but split toward their apex. The teeth were large, but they were primitive and adapted to consuming soft vegetation. BT009
Price: 24.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-11-19T18:21:44.000Z
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