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Tooth fossil
Tooth fossil

Tooth fossil

Datec. 48,000 BCE
Location where collectedVillard de Lans, France
MediumIvory
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1945.2.60
DescriptionA fossil of a cave bear's tooth. Pliocene Age. (Ursus Spelaeus Blum). The cave bear was the largest of all known bears in history and was also a man-eater. They lived in Europe about 50,000 yrs. ago. This fossil found at Villard de Lans, France.
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