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Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Rib Bone - Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.. A section of rib from the cave bear Ursus spelaeus. 55 grams, 13.8 cm (5 3/8 in.). From Romania.Acquired during 1980s.From an old Bristol collection. Ursus spelaeus became extinct at the beginning of the last glacial maximum, roughly 27,500 years ago. [No Reserve]