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SET OF FOUR JUVENILE RUTIODON TOOTH Bull Canyon Formation, San Miguel County, New Mexico, U.S.A. LATE TRIASSIC: 222 - 215 million years ago It is rare enough to be able to offer such a unique fossil tooth from not just a little known prehistoric reptile but from the Triassic Period where few fossils are available for sale. Strong ties with a major deposit where these are found enable us to offer such a fine quality Rutiodon tooth as this beauty is. Rutiodon was a member of the Angistorhininae group of phytosaurs and was a large, stout and powerful reptile of the Triassic. These unique set of four Rutiodon teeth came from juvenile creatures and are all gemmy, super quality specimens. Teeth like these are very hard to locate and require considerable effort in first locating a fossil-bearing area and then finding such small teeth amid the matrix which often is the same color as the teeth have taken on. An uncommon fossil offering from a little publicized monster of the Triassic. There is no repair and no restoration. These teeth are exactly as found, completely intact and of the finest grade that are found.
With their heavily
armored bodies measuring up to 16 feet in length and brandishing a slender
snout full of razor sharp teeth, it is no doubt these creatures were the
dominant predators in the lakes, rivers and swamps of the northern
hemisphere during their time. GORGEOUS COLOR AND CONDITION CUTTING TOOTH! .3" - .2" in length on the leading edge SOLD DT12-011 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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Phytosaurs
are anything but what their name suggests. When the first phytosaur
was discovered, there were petrified mud fillings in the jaw that were
misidentified as herbivore teeth. Initially, it was mistakenly
thought that these were plant-eating reptiles, hence the name. That
could not be further from the truth. The name has stuck,
however. A more accurate name has been applied called
"Parasuchia" meaning 'alongside crocodiles' for their
resemblance to the beasts but this name is seldom used. Phytosaurs
are not considered dinosaurs but were semi-aquatic reptiles.