Serrated, 1.5" "False" Saber-Toothed Cat (Nimravus) Tooth - France

This is a nicely preserved tooth from Nimravus intermedius, an extinct species of "false" saber-toothed cats. It was collected from the Upper Oligocene Garouillas Group in France. There are beautifully preserved serrations along both edges of this tooth.

The genus Nimravus appears in North America and Europe through the Oligocene Epoch. While these cat-like carnivorans resembled saber-toothed cats in both their appearance and evolution, they're not closely related.