DELTADROMEUS TOOTH - Tegana Formation of Kem Kem, Morocco

CRETACEOUS PERIOD:  99 - 93 million years ago

In a market where very few of these rare teeth are available, it is remarkable to find such a superb specimen.  The color and preservation on this beauty are stunning and most noteworthy is that the entire tooth can boast of ZERO RESTORATION!  The images are even less impressive than seeing the tooth in person.  The serrations are super sharp, the tip complete and sharp and the color of the CHOICE enamel, an incredible deep, dark burnt and pumpkin orange.  The only negative that this tooth has is a minor nick on the side shown above just below the tip.  

It is a highly rare occurrence to find ANY sizable carnivorous dinosaur tooth to be in such a fine state of preservation.  This is an highly uncommon specimen and from such a rare and often misidentified dinosaur.

WARNING:  MANY DEALERS ARE CURRENTLY SELLING SMALL (1" AND UNDER) UNIDENTIFIED DROMAEOSAUR TEETH OF MUCH LESSER VALUE AS DELTADROMEUS AGILIS TEETH.  NOT ONLY ARE THESE MISLABELED TEETH OF AN INCORRECT SIZE, THEY ARE ALSO INCORRECT IN THEIR DESIGN PROFILE FOR THIS TYPE OF DINOSAUR RULING THEM OUT EVEN AS "JUVENILE TEETH" AS ONE DEALER MISREPRESENTS THEM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PALEONTOLOGIST TO UNDERSTAND THAT A 25 FOOT MEAT-EATING THERAPOD THE SIZE OF A JUVENILE T. REX DID NOT HAVE TEETH SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A DIME!  

Discovered and identified in 1995 in southeast Morocco, Deltadromeus agilis was named for its amazingly delicate, long limbs and apparent high-speed mobility.  With the skeleton reconstructed, it is greater than 25 feet in length and is 8 feet high at the hip.  Estimated weight when the creature was alive is 3.5 to 4 tons.  Deltadromeus was a meat-eating dinosaur believed to be an early offshoot of the therapod line that led to the development of tyrannosaurs and dromaeosaurs ("raptors") in North America.   

Deltadromeus approaches the size of Tyrannosaurus yet, was a swift and agile hunter with a body profile and other characteristics similar to much smaller dromaeosaurs hence the nickname, "River Raptor".  Comparative analysis of its bones suggest it was akin to an enormous dromaeosaur of elongate design.  Deltadromeus was the "cheetah version" of its kind and built for incredible speed and stamina.

Fossil crocodile teeth, turtle shell, crayfish, petrified wood and many dinosaur footprints were found near the sites of the skeleton.  This is evidence that the now scorching Sahara Desert was once a vast flood plain laced with rivers edged by coniferous trees.  Crocodiles and turtles swam the rivers and predatory dinosaurs including Deltadromeus, ran through the mud leaving dozens of three-toed tracks that can now be found in the fossilized sedimentary rock in that region.

Remains of Deltadromeus agilis have only been found in the Tegana Formation of Kem Kem, Morocco and are extremely RARE.

ONE OF THE FINEST PRESERVED SPECIMENS WE HAVE!!!

2.6" long along the curve

SOLD     DT1107     INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX     Actual Item - One Only

Deltadromeus agilis by the very talented MINEO SHIRAISHI

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