European, Asian Arts, Antiques, Samurai Swords, June 24, 2023
By Eternity Gallery
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Jun 24, 2023
PO BOX 48073 Tampa, FL 33646 USA, United States
Great selection of arts and antiques from all over the world.
Unique collection of Samurai swords.
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LOT 461:
Exceptionally preserved Stegodon fossil mo teeth, 590 g
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Start price:
$
200
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $2,000
Buyer's Premium: 24%
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Exceptionally preserved Stegodon fossil mo teeth, 590 g
Exceptionally preserved Stegodon fossil molar teeth, 590 g. Weight: 590 g = 1 lb. 5oz. Height: 8 cm = 3 in. Width: 9 cm = 3.5 in. Provenance: dig out in Borneo, Indonesia Age: 11.6 million years 4,100 years BC Condition: Perfect for the age, fossilized into rock all the ways around. Stegodon (meaning "roofed tooth" from the Greek words stegein 'to cover' and odous 'tooth'), is a genus of the extinct subfamily Stegodontinae of the order Proboscidea. It was assigned to the family Elephantidae (Abel, 1919), but has also been placed in Stegodontidae (R. L. Carroll, 1988).[1] Stegodonts were present from 11.6 mya to 4,100 years ago. They lived in large parts of Asia during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, and locally in Indonesia into the Holocene epoch
Condition: Perfect for the age of millions years;
Low Estimate: 2000;
High Estimate: 4000;
Original: Yes;
