Mined from: Bugojno Basin, central Bosnia and Herzegovina

Era: Miocene
Geological Age: 15-18 mya

Description: This Prodeinotherium bavaricum tusk fossil from Bosnia features a long, gently curved form with a dark brown to black fossilized surface and naturally preserved texture. The specimen shows a smooth, tapering tusk shape with visible cracking, mineral staining, and rougher broken structure at the base, giving it an authentic prehistoric display quality. Its strong curved silhouette makes it an appealing fossil specimen for collectors of ancient mammals, proboscideans, and Miocene vertebrates.

Prodeinotherium bavaricum was an early relative of the later deinotheres, an extinct group of elephant-like proboscideans best known for their unusual downward-curving tusks. Fossils of Prodeinotherium bavaricum are known from Miocene deposits across Europe, and Bosnia-Herzegovina has produced important Middle Miocene proboscidean material, including Prodeinotherium bavaricum from the Gračanica coal mine in the Bugojno Basin. 

This tusk fossil is a strong natural history display piece, connecting the viewer to the ancient wetland, swamp, and forested environments of Miocene Europe. Fossils of Prodeinotherium bavaricum are especially interesting because they represent an earlier stage in deinothere evolution, before the larger later Deinotherium species became widespread. Comparable Prodeinotherium bavaricum material is generally associated with the Early to Middle Miocene in Europe, with Bosnian material most likely tied to Middle Miocene deposits.

Quantity: 1pc

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