Cave Bear Partial Cranium in Matrix Fossil #00326


This is the partial cranium of a cave bear!

The cave bear was a large relative of the extant brown bear that lived in Eurasia in the Pleistocene. It went extinct about 24,000 years ago. Highly sexually-dimorphic, large males could weigh over a ton. It utilized caves for hibernation and fossils of the species are often found there.
This is a super cool partial cranium of a large adult cave bear, still encrusted in the cave matrix. The occipital condyles and parts of the brain case, right zygomatic arch, and mandibular fossa are intact in this specimen. It has not been prepped or restored in any way.
This specimen was sourced from an old collection and was legally collected. Please review all pictures and description for condition.
A fossil, this specimen is not from an ESA-listed species and is legal to sell and possess. US sales only, sorry!

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