Ursus spelaeus Cave Bear tooth (91 mm) from Austria

Ursus spelaeus cave bear tooth of Pleistocene age (approx. 200,000 - 20,000 years old). The bear tooth was unearthed during guano mining in Austria near Mixnitz in the 1920s. The several km long railway embankment necessary to transport the guano was built from the wasteland containing bones and stones. After the mining was finished, the sines were picked up. For many years, this railway embankment was one of the most important legally collectable cave bear sites in Europe. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to collect here either, because the area has been declared a protected area. That's why we can no longer count on the discovery of new finds. The dimensions of the bear tooth are approx.: length 91 mm, maximum width 23.5 mm, maximum thickness 16.5 mm. Weight approx.: 28 grams + packaging. The surface of the tooth is preserved. The drying cracks visible on the tooth were filled with cyanoacrylate. The root of the tooth is slightly incomplete.