**Originally Listed At $2000**

Central to East Asia, likely Mongolia or China, Late Miocene to early Pliocene, ca. 11.6 to 1.8 million years ago. A magnificent, fossilized skull from a relative to modern day gazelles: Gazella gaudryi - with the iconic horn cores attached! Although an extinct species, this petite skull closely resembles its modern-day ancestors: ungulate-mandibles with molars for grazing vegetation, and large eyes sockets for their enormous "doe eyes" to sight predators. The late Miocene saw a great diversification of bovids, including antelopes / gazelles that spread across Asia and Africa, and this species in particular flourished in the Mongolian and Northern China region, until the Ice Age when this climate change effected their environment to the extent that they died out. This specimen is incredibly aesthetic with the horns and the petite size is easily held in one hand - very adorable! Size (skull): 7" L x 3.5" W x 5" H (17.8 cm x 8.9 cm x 12.7 cm); (horn core along curve): Size: 6.5" L (16.5 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired from an old collection made prior to 1984

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#172127

Professionally prepared and restored. Horns reattached and visible break lines. Losses to left orbit bone and nasal bone. Overall excellent and a rare species. Inventory number on surface of jaw.