A POSSIBLE WORLD RECORD SMILODON SABER
Smilodon fatalis
Pleistocene - Rancholabrean Age
Alachua Formation, Marion County, Florida
This truly incredible specimen is a huge specialized killing canine from the great "Saber-Toothed Tiger", Smilodon fatalis Smilodon stands above all saber-cats in possessing the largest canine teeth ever found in the fossil record. Typically the sabers of a full adult cat would measure about 8 1/4 inches (tip to root base, straight-line measurement) or 10 1/2 inches around the curve. The very largest saber ever found among the hundreds collected from the world famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles was about 9 1/2 inches straight-line and 12 inches around the curve. This incredible specimen measures 10+ inches straight-line and 13 inches around the curve. Only a very few good quality Smilodon specimens have been found in Florida over the years so they are much rarer than fossils from the Tar Pits. This exceptional specimen was found while trenching in order to install the utilities for a new housing project. It was broken in half below the level of the enamel on the root by the trenching machine and has been professionally restored amounting to less than 5% of the surface area (see restoration diagram below). This saber exhibits exquisite, nearly perfect, serrations on both cutting edges and a very small worn area or facet on the tip. The color is exceptional with the enamel blade displaying a lustrous pink to orange cream color with black checking and tendrils of rusty staining. The root color varies from a cream color near the blade to a reddish-brown and tan on the lower part. The blade clearly exhibits a fine texture of very tiny longitudinal striations intersecting right angles with subtle latitudinal rings for the entire length of the blade surface, giving it a very aesthetically pleasing appearance. There is a wear facet on the root just below the base of the enamel blade likely caused by abrasion from tendons or bones. This exquisite specimen measures 10 inches long straight-line measurement, and 13 inches around the outer curve, by a massive 2 inches wide at the fat part of the root by 7/8 inch thick. There has never been a finer saber found anywhere!
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