Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

From the George Lee Collection, Southern California



Lot 1075

Fossil Boar Skull

27 May 2010, 13:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$4,880 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Natural History specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Fossil Boar Skull

Archaeotherium sp.
Oligocene
Brule Formation, White River Badlands, South Dakota

A rare genus from an extinct family of Artiodactyls, related to the hippos and boars, it is now believed that Archaeotherium was a predator rather than a scavenger. This is supported by that fact that its lower jaw structure enabled Archaeotherium to open its jaws very wide, then snap them shut quickly; also, the premolar teeth are pointed and triangular, with a sharp ridge along the back edge. The present specimen is a complete skull with original teeth. Measures 18 x 14 x 8in

Footnotes

Provenance: The George Lee Collection, Southern California.

Additional information

Bid now on these items