ONE of KIND Large 9″ OLDEST DINICTIS SABERCAT from Famous JOHN DAY FORM in OREGON

Description

Species : Dinictis Felina

 

Description : First Saber-tooth cat in USA 38 MYA  with sharp teeth and a carnivore  which ate small horses, oreodonts, camels , and more on the Oligocene  plain . The sabers are so fine and able to kill small prey easily with a hard bite .  It was an Nimravid in Late Eocene and Oligocene about size of modern day Lynx .

Formation : John Day Formation known for the blue-green rock throughout Sheep Rock Unit and volcanic area  Turtle Cove member

Timeframe: 38,000-23,000 years ago

Found  : Picture Gorge, Oregon, USA

Item description 1-10  10  This is the rarest of rare sabertooths due to location in Oregon at a site long closed  . It was found in 1975  and at lowest part of formation which means approx. 38MYA which means it’s the first sabertooth cat . Im putting this on for your viewing pleasure as it is the best dinictis I ever saw and the earliest .  With only a small part of root of a saber restored and small part of a zygo   its 98% original . Now it is not hunted as a National Monument

It was so great it was left in volcanic ash in between the eyes and back of lowers.  The lowers are perfect with almost all parts exposed.  I really can’t say enough about this cat  so here is link that explains the formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument and   https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/destinations/parks-forests-wildlife-areas/john-day-fossil-beds-national-monument/

 

Here it is with some black teeth and brown typical of area

NOT FOR SALE Hopefully a Long Time