S376 - Amazing Huge Ice Age Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) Claw - Upper Pleistocene Esmeraldina sp • Ordovician of Argentina (4

• Ordovician of Argentina (4 collections)

South Dakota Finds: Notable fossils

Size: 12cm long = 4

00 143971480836 ME14 - Exceptional 1

Fortey and Droser 1999

S376 - Amazing Huge Ice Age Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) Claw - Upper Pleistocene Esmeraldina sp • Ordovician of Argentina (4Impressive claw belonging to the famous and enormous Ice Age cave bear (Ursus spelaeus). Completely natural, without restorations or repairs. Only a colorless professional stabilizer called Paraloid B72 has been applied to ensure its proper preservation. These types of bones, found inside caves, have been exposed to extremely high humidity levels for thousands of years. When they are unearthed from the caves, the moisture within their structure begins