Cave Lion skull piece with Canine

This upper jaw piece of the cave lion - Panthera leo spelaea - comes from the Pleistocene deposits of a 
gravel pit (Waldsee) near Mannheim in Germany.

You can clearly see the large fang with root and two other alveoli.

The fossil is completely preserved and unbroken, it measures about 9 x 6 x 3 cm.

Fossils of cave lions are rarely found and are very popular with collectors and museums.

Rarity without any manipulations.

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