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Name:
Ursus speleaus (Cave Bear Canine Tooth)
Age: Pleistocene
Formation: Cave Deposits
Location: Carpath Mountains, Romania
Size: Tooth and jaw are over 4" long
Here is a large canine tooth from an ancient bear. This is an Ursus speleaus tooth from the Cave Deposits of Romania. This fossil was acquired from the Richard Busch Collection. Busch was the Preparator/Asst. Curator at the North Museum in Lancaster, PA from 1965-1992. Cave bears are the largest member of the bear family and the chief animal hunted by Neanderthal man. Cave bear material is becoming harder to obtain, as the old caves have been heavily collected and are producing very little new material. This massively large tooth is extremely well preserved. The shiny, off-white enamel is quite beautiful, and the very tip of the tooth exhibits some wear from use. The long, yellow root of the tooth is also wonderfully intact and extends into the socket of the lower jaw - cool! This is a very impressive specimen of a huge canine tooth still in the jaw from the famous Busch Collection.
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