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LOT 2520
Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Rib Bone
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
5 3/8 in. (55 grams, 13.8 cm).
A section of rib from the cave bear Ursus spelaeus. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Romania.
Acquired during 1980s.
From an old Bristol collection.
Footnotes
Ursus spelaeus became extinct at the beginning of the last glacial maximum, roughly 27,500 years ago.
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