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LOT 0440
Natural History - Fossil Smilodon Tooth
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 2.5 MILLION YEARS–10,000 YEARS B.P.
7 7/8 in. (588 grams, 20 cm).
The saber tooth from Smilodon fatalis, commonly known as a saber-toothed tiger.
Provenance
From the La Brea Tar Pits, USA.
Originally acquired from a USA dealer.
From an old Northern Ireland collection.
Footnotes
Smilodon is a genus of the extinct machairodont subfamily of the felids. It is one of the best known saber-toothed predators and one of the most famous prehistoric mammals. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to the tiger or other modern cats.
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