1" Poebrotherium Wilsoni Fossil Jaw Teeth Primitive Camel SD Badlands Display

1" Poebrotherium Wilsoni Fossil Jaw Teeth Primitive Camel SD Badlands Display

$26.99
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Location: Brule Formation, South Dakota Weight: 0.4 Ounces  Dimensions: 1 Inch Long, 0.8 Inches Wide, 0.4 Inches Thick Comes with a Free Display. The item pictured Is the one you will receive.  33.9 - 22 Million Years Old Oligocene Epoch Poebrotherium is an extinct genus of camelid, endemic to North America. They lived from the Eocene to Miocene epochs, existing for approximately 32 million years. Poebrotherium was first named by scientist Joseph Leidy in 1848, and its relationship to other White River fossils was later expanded by him in 1853. The portions that Leidy was able to examine helped him determine it was likely related to modern llamas, even though there was a paucity of new material available after his 1848 diagnosis. Between 1848 and 1853, cases of new material were shipped back to Leidy. Maddeningly, only three more Poebrotherium tooth samples were among the remains recovered. Its skull resembled that of a modern llama, while its limbs ended in hooved toes and were more

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