Please email us for more information or photos.Ĭasts of mammoth, mastodon, stegodon, dwarf mammoth and elephant teeth. Stegodon skeleton measures 25 feet long and 12 feet high Stegodon diet consists of branches and foliage of trees. The oldest finds of Stegodon are found in Asia. Stegodon moved into Africa in the Pliocene and is regarded as the ancestor to present day elephants, as well as the extinct mammoths. ![]() The tusks were so close together that the trunk probably did not lye between them but instead draped over. Stegodons probably originated from Gomphothierium, and developed into a new direction with increase molar size and ridge-like dental features. The genus Stegodon, (from Greek stegos: meaning roof, and odon: meaning tooth, referring to the step ridges on the molar tooth) has its origins in the late Miocene of Asia and belongs to the family Stegodontidae. Stegodon are one of the largest of extinct elephants species (Proboscidean) with adults being 13 feet high at the shoulder, 26 feet long, not including 10 foot long nearly straight tusks. The sabers were used to stab its victim and to rip it into shreds. However, the jaw opens much wider than that of the modern cats. The sabertooth cat skull gives the impression that the sabers are so long, the cat could not get any food in its mouth. Smilodon fatalis (californicus) Sabertooth Cat Saber cast (item #KO-212P) ![]() Skull measures 15" long, 10" wide, 7" high Recent studies have suggested that some of these species actually showed more tiger-like features than lion-like. This specimen was found by a local Yupik Eskimo from an area near Nome, Alaska. These large, conical-toothed cats of the North American Ice Age were a relative of the present day African Lion, Panthera leo. Compared to a modern Beaver, its size (13" Long, 9" Wide, 10" High) was remarkable.Ĭave Lion Skull: Panthera spelaea cast replica This particular one is considered to be among the largest and most complete. It ranged from Alaska to Florida, there have been very few specimens found. Please call (314) 556-0650 or email us for more pictures or information.īelonging to the Pleistocene era, Rancholabrean epoch, the Giant Beaver became extinct about 10,000 years ago. Measures: (on all fours) 79 inches long X 30 1/2 inches wide X 48 inches high. Polyurethane cast of an original cave bear skeleton in a Taylor Made Fossil's personal collection. Ursus spelaeus was a species of bear which lived in Europe during the Pleistocene and became extinct at the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum. The perfect addition to any museum display. In life they were probably covered with tough skin rather than with horns.Ĭave Bear Mounted Skeleton Ursus spelaeus They consist of osseous protuberances of the skull above the eyes, where the frontals overlap the nasal bones. The so-called horns of the Titanotheres arise as rectigradations. In the Titanotheres we see the growth of a great and vigorous family tree, giving off numerous branches (phyla), which diverge in characters and habits while retaining hereditary resemblances and tendencies of transformation. The earliest Eocene Titanotheres did not have horns used as offense and defense. The Titanothere family is known from its earliest beginnings in Wind River Mountains of Wyoming in the first third of the Tertiary period. Titanotheres appeared in the fossil record very soon after the C-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary) extinction of the dinosaurs. The Titanothere skulls were highly modified over time and space. Titanotheres appeared as the dominant animals that existed throughout a long and very interesting epoch in geologic history. Please call (314) 556-0650 or email us for more photos or information. ![]() This adaptation implies a choice of succulent food consisting of relatively coarse leaves, grasses, buds, twigs, roots, and tubers such as would be found in the forest and stream habitats.ĭimensions of the fossil skull replica - 24" long x 13" wide. The grinding teeth were perfectly adapted to a combination of cutting and crushing food. The mode of feeding and the food of the broad-headed and long-headed Brontotherium can not be inferred with certainty, because their dentition differs considerably from that of any modern animal. This complete Brontotherium (Leidy) skull represents a primitive low horned stage Titanothere from the lower Oligocene of North America. The finely detailed skull is 29 inches long and weighs about 20 pounds. It is an impressive full size replica 100% complete, with rudimentary "horn" cores evident. This cast is made of strong resin and can endure rough handling. The Brontotherium or Bronthere was genus of rhino species known as Brontops, Titanothere skull replica – Brontotherium cast replica.
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