Large Fossil Cave Bear Ursus Spelaeus Canine Tooth Hungary with Stand

Large Fossil  Cave Bear Ursus Spelaeus Canine Tooth Hungary with Stand

Large fossilized canine  tooth  from a European Cave bear; Ursus Spelaeus. The cave bear is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word "caveand the scientific name Spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in caves. 
Date: Pleistocene,Devensian .
Priovenance: Ha`mor, Bukk Mountains, Heves Province, Hungary.
Size:10.5  x 3.2   cm at widest points.
Condition:Nicely preserved tooth from an old collection. Great collectors  piece and comes in an acrylic keep sake box. code 1117