S376 - Amazing Huge Ice Age Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) Claw - Upper Pleistocene Esmeraldina sp Enchodus venator

Enchodus venator

Fortey and Droser 1999

It has some tiny glued or filled fractures

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South Dakota Finds: Notable fossils

S376 - Amazing Huge Ice Age Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) Claw - Upper Pleistocene Esmeraldina sp Enchodus venatorImpressive 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