x-Fine Rarer Ural Mountain Russian 18" Cave Bear Skull

Species: Ursus  spelaeus - European cave bear

Species description: Large Bear from Pleistocene that was previously only known in Europe but this which was larger than size of a grizzly and lived 20-25,000 years ago in Europe with large jaws and large bodies similar except bigger than modern bears.  It lived in Europe at height of last Ice Age  and hibernated in European Caves to survive the winters. One cave Dragonhohle in Austria contains remains of more than 30,000 bears and many died in their sleep. It was hunted by Neanderthal people and was a vegetarian despite the size of teeth. They were found a a few locations also in Russia.

Geological strata: Pleistocene 300,000-10,000  This one is 50,000 from strata found

Item Location: Ural Mountain Cave; Western Russia found close to Asian-European border

Item rating and description: Very Good  Rarer 18" Russian Cave Bear (Ursus speleaus) Skull. These skulls are getting harder and harder to find. This one is a 20 year old specimen that was recently obtained.  What is special about this skull besides size is it has all original teeth and lower jaw when these were more plentiful to find, Now most are of poor quality. The color of teeth show this and only 2 small incisors are broken  in the front as all others are present in full. I can put teeth in there but did not want to affect the originality of the piece . IT is very nice with approximately only  5-8% restore including small part of back-one condyle, upper lower jaw, and small section on top .The prices now on one this good as shown from many websites starts at $5000-7000 but I can offer a huge deal to anyone who acts first . I've always wanted one and this is my first.

Russian Ural Bears are much less common than the European countries and actually this is an Asian Bear as the Ural Mountains divide Europe from Asia. This is a prize piece just dying to part of yours. As an item gets rarer to find it gets much more expensive but since this one was an older one here it is a huge discount.  Grab it fast before you realize how great a price and piece compared to others.

MAGNIFICIENT Large 12” DIRE WOLF COMPLETE SKULL from ONE OF Most Famous Fossil Sites in the World  

Species:   Canis Diris (Dire Wolf)

Species description: It was closely related to Gray wolf in many features but it is not direct ancestor  of any species
 today . IT became extinct 10,000 years ago with wooly mammoth . IT was larger than Gray Wolf averaging 5 ft in
 length  and weighing 150-175 lbs . Legs of Dire Wolf was shorter and sturdier than those of gray wolf and the
 brain case was smaller to than the gray wolf .This was the largest wolf ever and ate anything it wanted as it
traveled in packs also to obtain food.

Geological strata:

Geological period: Pleistocene  100,000-10,000

Item location:      FAMOUS VERO BEACH SITE , Indian River County, Florida

Item rating and description: 13 SPECTACULAR DIRE WOLF 12” COMPLETE SKULL from The Famous  Vero Beach 
Site where the recent mammoth engraving and Vero Beach Man is from . This skull while not perfect , I would
 describe as an outstanding specimen of such a rare mammal that few even see let alone can own . I debated to
 sell this one or not , but I do have another upper skull in my collection . AS you know only Florida, Alaska , and
LaBrea have these animals , and the University of Florida has only one exhibited . It was IDed initially by
 Richard Hulbert  from the University of Florida , however its length of 12” alone Ids the species for sure . No  other
 species  of wolf over 11 inches long ever existed so for you doubters, it’s true . This specimen has the most
spectacular teeth you will ever see. The entire upper are all original teeth , with only  repair to both canines .
The lower has all original except 4 smaller incisors in the middle , which were restored so the teeth are at 95%
original  and great . The skull has the  original entire snout area , and the cranium totally original , the most
critical parts of any animal . It was expertly prepped and in the middle behind and in front of eyes has
 restoration as a smaller  section was not there . The color difference is due to lower jaws being found a short
 distance from the upper but matching in color except the teeth , which are darker . The lower jaws are simply
outstanding with spotted teeth . The color change can easily happen due to matrix shifts animals are found in .
Even the back is much darker with black than the front of the upper skull on the same piece so it happens .
 It makes this piece very special by this . The prep is so well done you will never see the restored areas as its
done by the world greatest prepper.  Any item especially one this rare and special  is to be seen by the who
le and  not the parts.Imagine this creature about the pounce on a mammoth as this site is famous for.
Take a minute to visualize this Specimen or go to the internet 

http://www.bing.com/search?q=dire+wolf+video&src=IE-SearchBox&Form=IE8SRC  
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I still can’t believe I have this piece , and you won’t either whoever buys it . The canines are 1 5/16 inches
 and lowers are original totally  with no repair . One of these from LaBrea has and does now go for double
this price .It comes with a beautiful open mouth mount so enough talk –just look at pictures .

Unbelieveably Rare Early Pleistocene Perfect Giant Beaver Lower Jaw

Species: Castoroides leiseyorum

Species description: Giant Pleistocene Beaver was the largest rodent in North America beginning 1.5 MYA. They were about 8 ft long and weighed 132-220 lbs. They have a flat tail and large feet and large canines up to 6" long to use in falling trees and large canines. This fossil species is only found now in Florida.

Geological strata:

Geological period: Early Pleistocene 1.5 MYA -130,0000 yrs ago

Item location: Gilchrist Co., FL

Item rating and description: 12+++ A Ultra Rare Perfect Adult Giant BEAVER Lower Jaw with no restore 100% original These Giant Beavers are the early ones before the well known Giant Beaver and really much rarer than any others. None outside Florida have ever been found. It sports 4.5 inch incisors and a 11 inch jaw. Yes 11" for a Beaver. The details of this lower jaw are great and you will not find one this complete and good anywhere. This is like finding a Giant Lion, and I'm so excited to have this piece. I'll let the pictures do the talking. No reductions for a perfect jaw from nature. This happens so little that the quality is top premium.

Rare Black Powder British Calvary Flintlock Pistol

Original Black Powder Flintlock Pistol that was made in the late 1700's into the 1820's. This one took hours and hours of research but is so rare I could not find another one like it.

The web site, http://militaryheritage.com/pistol6.htm, will give you a little background information about this type of gun. It is a British New Land Pattern Cavalry Pistol used in the Napleonic Wars. As the site linked above outlines, this gun was produced in 1796 and had widespread production by 1802. It was made by the famous East India Company for British Calvary serving in India who brought them here to America during the War of 1812.

These were effective weapons as evidenced by the Battle of Assaye in 1803 where 6,000 British Troops faced a Mahratta Army of at least 40,000 men. This gun was found in North America in New England and was definitely used in the War of 1812 as this is the only time British would have brought these pistols to America. These were handmade, screws barrel, walnut wood handle, 50 or 55 caliber and used by others after they traded with the British. Pistols were used by colonists, Indians, Trappers, and Traders, and Frontiersmen. The British had axes, rifles, and pistols and they traded for furs to take back to Europe. THIS IS AN ULTRA RARE GUN with NO original guns that I can find anywhere on Internet or elsewhere.

WOW Extinct Rarer than Smilodon Giant American Lion Lower Jaw - Larger than Bengal Tiger

Species: Panthera Atrox (Giant American Lion)

Species description: Extinct Largest Species of Lion ever to exist a full 25% larger10-12 feet and 840 Lbs closely resembling the current species in Africa. It was the largest carnivore except the Giant short-faced bear which are virtually nonexistent in the fossil records. It was much larger than the Smilodon Saber-tooth cat. There has been 100 specimens in La Brae found but only a handful elsewhere.

Geological strata: Pleistocene Epoch

Geological period: 1.8 MYA - 10,000yrs ago

Item location: Eagle River, Yukon River in Yukon Territories in Alaska in a Gold Mine.

Item rating and description: 12+++++++ WOW?? Rarer than Smilodon Largest US Pleistocene Predator Ever Perfect Giant American Lion Lower One Sided Jaw with all Teeth. With my desire for only the extreme rare ITEMS, I have to admit I outdid myself this time. This is an unreal find but perfect with all teeth perfect and the entire jaw with no restore protected by the Yukon permafrost for at least 10,000 years. This animal is much rarer than Smilodon which complete skulls if you can find one go for $300,000. You get one quarter of the animal for only the middle 6 thousand range, and I have never seen one for sale before. Many paleontologists never have seen this one either and the last one at auction went for $295,000 just a year ago so you don't even have to be in the big leagues for this one. This is simply too amazing for words so here are the pics. This is like selling an entire Smilodon lower jaw so what are you waiting for.

Rare Beautiful 100% Original Mounted Agape Felis Attica Early Wild Cat from Eurasia 9 Million Years Old

Species: Beautiful Felis Cat Skull-Felis attica

Species description: Smaller wild cat from Earlier Pleistocene that was similar but larger tearing teeth
That lived in Asia and Europe 9-6 MYA. Known as a wild hunter who took animals down larger than its size as a strong cat with comical shaped teeth like modern felines. This is the forerunner to today's wild smaller cats.

Geological period: 9 MYA Miocene - 2.5 MYA Pliocene

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Item rating and description: 12 + Unbelieveable VERY VERY RARE Felis attica cat From China  with  both upper and lower part of skull 100% complete including teeth. This if it is found is never capable of being an open face a mount due to size and fragility but this specimen was more mineralized than normal and what a specimen it is. The skull bone is almost all there (99%) even the zygos  and back of lower jaw and is 5.5" around the top curve and 3.5" wide. This is forerunner to present-day cats. The cat is whole and a beautiful piece in all regards. This piece has prepped out of much matrix which is unheard of for this species so what a display mount for you as this one was the best I have seen of the species. It turned out fantastic after prepping with much time involved. This is a must for a true collector of cats. My specialty is cats and this animal is the most beautiful o and only one agape of any of 3 I saw through many years. Great things come in small packages and this is it. The color of dark black teeth and black skull areas combined with beige is simply amazing, and never hardly seen.

Extremely Rare One-of-Kind Eaten Juvenile Homotherium Upper Skull with One Saber

Species: HOMOTHERIUM Crenatidens  

Species description: This cat evolved from Machairodus and appeared at Miocene - Pliocene border about 5 MYA and lived in Africa as well as Euroasia and dies out lastly in Asia and North America about 10,000 years ago so it was highly successful. It was a scimitar cat built like a modern lion that had about a 13"-14" skull but much longer teeth called sabers. It was larger than average saber-tooth cat that was very successful yet hardly ever found in fossil records. Complete skeletons have only been found in Texas and of this animal complete skeletons in Asia have never been found  and only a few skulls. The sabers per head size are smaller than  other the big cats. It preyed on wooly mammoths as found out in Texas. It looks like a meg however much shorter sabers and less sized lower saber guard and sabers reached to end of lower jaw as this one does. It reached 1.1 meters at shoulder. As said compared to megantereon, smilodon, and machairodotus its sabers were relatively short but still they are nice sized sabers. It provided a great  puncturing and gripping force . The skull was longer than smilodon. This jaw had down-turned forward flanges to protect the scimitars . It large canine teeth were crenulated and designed for slashing rather than purely stabbing. Some of the physical appearances were unusual for a big cat as it had limbs that gave the homotherium a hyena like appearance. The forelegs were elongated while hind legs were rather squat with feet planti-grade causing back to slope down towards a short tail. It had a large nasal square nasal opening like a cheetah which allowed quicker oxygen intake with brain visual cortex large and allowed it to hunt during the day instead of night like many cats. It lived 5 million years longer than megantereon. It hunted in packs and not only killed mammoths but also rhinoceros juveniles.

Formation: Longdan Formation

Geographical Area:  Miocene-Pliocene border to middle of Pleistocene in America and Asia. This one is Early Pleistocene.  

Item Location:

Item description and rating:  15+++ X Ultra RARE Beautiful A Upper Young Homotherium  Scimitar Saber-Tooth Cat  Skull 9" long x 4" wide with almost 3" saber showing. First this is the only known juvenile homotherium known in America. No museum and no person  owns  a juvenile partial homotherium. This is truly one-of-a kind. Serrations and enamel are simply stunning on the one saber. While not complete it is 98 % original bone with 2% restore not completed as shown by small gray areas, It is missing 2-3 inches in back of skull only  and that was due to predation not time and erosion. In other words this little guy (estimated 6-8 months old) was killed by a large canid (wolf or hyaena based on conical depressions or bite marks as shown with small grooves all over the surface of the skull where incisors of the cub killer were scraping all over the surface of the skull to scrape meat off the skull. The right saber is excellent with a mm of repair at end of tip  and it was exposed more to show how the saber goes back into the skull at top - one more inch probably exists.  On the other saber only a small piece sticks out exposed. I do have a large homotherium saber also. Most of upper teeth  are there including a saber and 4 incisors - one has to be placed in front , and the premolars and molars which are very different . Adults got 14" long on skulls so very large. Anyone complaining on completeness it is like someone complaining about a brush mark on the Mona Lisa.  How do I know this is homotherium for sure. It is the only cat with longitudinal enamel crenulations (subtle ridges), Machs and all other cats have latitudinal ridges forming subtle expanding rings as you go down the length. Homos are like crocodiles and Spinosaurus. I wanted to show each of you about this rare beauty. Homotheriums are over 100 times rarer than the big Machs. They looked like a lion in many ways but larger.  Anyway, what a FIND! I'm in heaven on this one.

Wolly Mammoth 43" Siberia Tusk - A wonder of Nature

Species: Wolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)

Species description: The largest of the mammoths here in North America in Alaska and Asia. It had size of up to 15-17 ft at shoulder and had tusks up to 16 ft They weighed about 20,000 lbs. Hairy elephant-like creatures who prospered in the Ice Ages. It was a favorite target of Smilodon and we also know cave men ate them. They were the largest elephants that ever lived during very cold times.

Geological strata: Pleistocene

Geological period: Pleistocene 150,000-10,000

Item location: Siberia Once Russia

Item rating and description: 12 + 43" Total Original Wooly Mammoth Tusk complete from an animal who took great care of it's tusks. The magnificient color in contrasting cream, white, and brown coloration add to the extreme beauty of this tusk straight from a Museum in Germany which closed its doors so their loss is your gain on this one. Even the natural wear on the tusk does not detract from this piece but adds to the story of this animal . Complete unrestored, unbroken, and unrepaired pieces are rare so this pristine piece is ultra nice . The main feature of this is an amazing curve that usually only exists in ultra large one which makes this a fine conversation piece and knowing it is a full tusk for sure. It is yours for...

One of KindNever Found Before or Recorded Daphaenus Dog Species w Perfect SXhull 30 MYA

Species: Daphoneus hartshornianus or Protemnocyn dog (Only one known for private collection)

Species description: This is one of early dogs, and this species was a carnivore on the Oligocene Plains which ate most anything it wanted including squirrels, small deer, rabbits and sickly larger animals. These dogs are believed to hunts in packs but this species so rare little is written about it . It was reclassified by Hardy as Protemnocyon in 1902 as its features looked different to him as temporal crests looked like foxes so it's either a one–of-a-kind protemnocyn because it does have crests that look like a fox or a ultra rare species of Daphoenus only found in a few locations. The other species is known for sure to hunt in packs from locations of individuals found but since no one finds this animal since it appears 1902 we do not know.

Geological strata: White River Formation

Geological period: Oligocene Period 33.2 MYA

Geological period: Badlands of Western S. Dakota Pennington County

Item description and rating: 13 Rating  Out of the famous George Lee collection: Awesome Unbelieveably  Rare Species  Perfect Daphoneus Dog  Adult 8.25" Skull that you will never find anywhere. The man who owned this explains to all as he only collected top-of-line items and this is one of the supreme premium animals anywhere. I mistakenly mis-Ided this as a Hyaenodon which are close but the smaller size of area upper skull to eyes made it a rare animal I never saw before after further research and a friend who is an expert. I used to think perfection in nature on prehistoric beasts was impossible but this proved me wrong. I can't find restoration for sure on this animal even though a thin layer on saggital crest is possible even extremely well done if so. The color, lack of any distortion, and total teeth originality with beautiful darker colors is just something to behold. Mere words can't do this animal justice. Just to think 34 million years and this animal can look this good. I'm extremely lucky to have this creature as no one can find this in any collection except a museum. This is some find so if you're a top collector and want an item no one anywhere has this is it.  I kept it at the same price even though due to rareness this animal is so much rarer and so much more valuable. What is amazing this animal is perfect yet few skulls of this species of dog exist anywhere. IT fooled me until a top multidecade hunter mentioned it was a form of dog and after research determined it was this rare species. It is not a  daphoenus felinus which I also have and characteristics make this 95 % conclusive. The teeth of both hyaenodon and this animal are almost the same except the molars which also make this a dog. Remember hyaenodons had dog characteristics also. Join a very small group who own this and probably only museums as few people have ever witnessed this animal Since I made the mistake take advantage to get this one.

100% Original SMILODON Saber-tooth Cat Toe Bone with CLAW from Florida

Species: Smilodon gracilis

Species description: This is the earliest and smallest saber-tooth cat first appearing in America about 2.5 million years ago. It died out earlier than other 2 species about 500,000 years ago  and was the successor to megantereon  in North America . While smaller it still weighed 220 lbs and evolved into the larger fatalis and populator.

Geological strata: Pliocene & Pleistocene Epoch

Geological period: 2.5 MYA-500,000

Item location: Gilchrist Co, Florida

Item rating and description: 12 +++  Beyond Rare & 100% Original Smilodon Toe bone with Claw. All in excellent shape and no restoration and no repair natural 2 bones from AMERICAS'S FAVOTIE  Mammal.  No one has Smilodon material  for sale so why not buy from someone who loves and studies cats. While only 2¼ inches long, this is the only smilodon real claw I ever saw so zap this one up fast I know you'll have years of enjoyment. I'm a true collector and don't mind if you don't want one of nature's wonders - I'll gladly keep it in my collection of saber-tooth cats. This can be yours for a low price of...