Stegodon Fossil Skull with Tusks and Mandible, Pleistocene, JavaPleistocene, Solo...
Stegodon Fossil Skull with Tusks and Mandible, Pleistocene, JavaPleistocene, Solo River, Central Java, Indonesia, ca. 1–2 million years old. A monumental fossil skull of the extinct proboscidean Stegodon, tall in the cranium and short in the face, its paired tusks projecting forward almost parallel and nearly touching, so the trunk would have rested atop them rather than hung between. The mineralized bone carries a deep brown, lustrous surface, with the plate-ridged molars still visible in their sockets, the dental trait that gave the genus its name. An associated mandible preserves the heavy horizontal ramus and both condyles, tooth rows exposed along the occlusal margin. Assembled from original fossil elements with areas of made-up fill, the whole presenting as a mounted display specimen of a Javanese Pleistocene giant. Size: 52" W x 22.5" H x 28" D (132.1 cm W x 57.2 cm H x 71.1 cm D).
Stegodon, named for the ridged lophs of its molars, belongs to the extinct family Stegodontidae, long grouped with true elephants but now recognized as a separate proboscidean lineage descended from the more archaic Stegolophodon. The genus first appears in Late Miocene strata in Asia, spread into Africa where it died out during the Pliocene, and persisted across South, Southeast and East Asia into the Late Pleistocene, reaching as far southeast as Timor.
The Solo River terraces of Central Java are among the richest proboscidean fossil grounds on earth, the same deposits that yielded the earliest Homo erectus finds. Through the Pleistocene, fluctuating sea levels repeatedly joined and severed the Sundaland landmass, and Stegodon remains recovered from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines trace those drowned corridors. Island populations of the genus are also famous for dwarfing, most notably on Flores, where small-bodied Stegodon shared the landscape with Homo floresiensis.
Provenance: Private NJ. collection. Acquired by Scott Terry and Jeff Shore 2005-2006 from a private collector.
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Item #73269Repaired from several original pieces with scattered areas of restoration, tusks are partially restored, overall deep brown painted enhanced surface.
Stegodon Fossil Skull with Tusks and Mandible, Pleistocene, JavaPleistocene, Solo River, Central Java, Indonesia, ca. 1–2 million years old. A monumental fossil skull of the extinct proboscidean Stegodon, tall in the cranium and short in the face, its paired tusks projecting forward almost parallel and nearly touching, so the trunk would have rested atop them rather than hung between. The mineralized bone carries a deep brown, lustrous surface, with the plate-ridged molars still visible in their sockets, the dental trait that gave the genus its name. An associated mandible preserves the heavy horizontal ramus and both condyles, tooth rows exposed along the occlusal margin. Assembled from original fossil elements with areas of made-up fill, the whole presenting as a mounted display specimen of a Javanese Pleistocene giant. Size: 52" W x 22.5" H x 28" D (132.1 cm W x 57.2 cm H x 71.1 cm D).
Stegodon, named for the ridged lophs of its molars, belongs to the extinct family Stegodontidae, long grouped with true elephants but now recognized as a separate proboscidean lineage descended from the more archaic Stegolophodon. The genus first appears in Late Miocene strata in Asia, spread into Africa where it died out during the Pliocene, and persisted across South, Southeast and East Asia into the Late Pleistocene, reaching as far southeast as Timor.
The Solo River terraces of Central Java are among the richest proboscidean fossil grounds on earth, the same deposits that yielded the earliest Homo erectus finds. Through the Pleistocene, fluctuating sea levels repeatedly joined and severed the Sundaland landmass, and Stegodon remains recovered from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines trace those drowned corridors. Island populations of the genus are also famous for dwarfing, most notably on Flores, where small-bodied Stegodon shared the landscape with Homo floresiensis.
Provenance: Private NJ. collection. Acquired by Scott Terry and Jeff Shore 2005-2006 from a private collector.
SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.).
PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception.
Item #73269Repaired from several original pieces with scattered areas of restoration, tusks are partially restored, overall deep brown painted enhanced surface.
