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ULTRA RARE FINEST INVESTMENT GRADE 3 INCH TYRANNOSAURUS REX TOOTH Hell Creek Formation - Montana, U.S.A. LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 68 - 65 million years ago Most TYRANNOSAURUS TEETH are usually quite ugly despite their steep prices reflecting their rarity and market demand. No type of dinosaur commands more respect and fascination than the members of the tyrannosaur family and a T. rex tooth or fossil seems to be at the top of every dinosaur fancier's list. Without question, fine quality teeth and bones of these dinosaurs will steadily appreciate year after year as limited legal collecting regions in the United States continue to be scavenged and produce less and less fine quality specimens. Take note, this will probably be one of the finest T. rex teeth you will ever see offered. This is the NUMBER ONE dinosaur to have a tooth from and even the most hideous and plastic-filled teeth fetch lofty prices. While we have collected T. rex specimens in the past, and constantly get requests for teeth, never have we come across something as nice as this tooth! In most cases, we have avoided offering the type of teeth that others have as we tend to focus on quality and not simply a showy yet, heavily reconstructed tooth. Hence, the lack for T. rex specimens on our site. A decent example is SUPER RARE! Which makes this fossil tooth being offered here an extraordinary find. First and foremost, it is vital to understand that ALL the work done to this tooth was performed BY US. The tooth was amazingly found nearly 100% complete and necessitated only assembly of the pieces and LESS THAN 1% RESTORATION, only to fill in a few slivers of the tooth that were missing near the mid-section. The enamel is COMPLETE and without any peel or missing areas on the tooth. Furthermore, it is very dense and of the most beautiful color and grain we have seen. Compare to most T. rex teeth that have substantial portions of the enamel missing. THE TIP IS 100% GENUINE, COMPLETE AND OF THE FINEST CONDITION AND DETAIL WE HAVE SEEN IN A TYRANNOSAURUS REX TOOTH OFFERED IN RECENT MEMORY. Just take in the close-up photos above of the tip detail! Those serrations are natural and 'as found'! Rivaling the serration detail of a high grade MEGALODON tooth, you CANNOT get any better tip detail on a fossil dinosaur tooth as this is PERFECT - an UNHEARD of trait for a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth! Where many large T. rex teeth are composites of several unrelated teeth pieced together to make a seemingly nice, large fossil tooth, this PRIZE FIND is all original. The tooth looks even better in person!!! VERY Highly recommended and one of the most surefire investment fossils you could ever own! Most T. rex teeth are HEAVILY reconstructed and in most cases, more plastic than tooth is present! A good paint job can hide wonders so know what you are getting!!! WARNING: Having performed the work ourselves on this specimen, we can HONESTLY AND FULLY disclose ALL work done to this fossil. Caveat emptor when it comes to dealers that buy already prepared specimens such as this because there is a great tendency to stretch the truth when it comes to completeness and authenticity as the financial rewards ARE VERY HIGH on fossils from this dinosaur! This is a very important issue in the fossil business as almost all fossils have some repair and/or restoration. Purchasing specimens FROM THE ACTUAL PERSON OR PERSONS DOING THE PREPARATION WORK is VITAL for you the buyer, to know what you are getting. Buying rare fossils from a seller that just goes to a show or broker, buying from someone else who simply echoes what they were told is the best way to get a mystery fossil with no recourse to determine as to what kind of work has been done. This kind of rampant misrepresentation in the fossil market is one of the key arguments the science community uses to discourage buying fossils in the first place! To be sure that what you are buying is accurately and honestly represented, only deal with a highly experienced professional who has first-hand knowledge AND experience with regard to fossil preparation, repair and restoration as well as a complete understanding of the anatomy of the specimen and animal at hand.
The name TYRANNOSAURUS REX is synonymous with sheer terror. Just mention the name and almost anyone, regardless of how much or little they know about paleontology, will recognize the "Tyrant Lizard King". Long thought to be the largest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived, it has been recently discovered that Carcharodontosaurus (Giganotosaurus) was actually larger but not as robust as T. rex. Clearly, the massive proportions and musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex were meant for one thing, taking down anything that challenged it or got in its way!
The jaws
of a Tyrannosaurus rex were up to 4 feet long. Each dinosaur
possessed approximately 50 to 60 robust, conical teeth that ranged in
size from an inch to over 9 inches long. These teeth were rounder
in cross-section
Clearly, the sheer robustness of Tyrannosaurus rex required enormous amounts of protein to sustain such body mass. True scavengers tend to be lean with wiry, lighter bodies able to function better between the discovery of carcasses in the wild. Active predators will usually scavenge a carcass as a 'target of opportunity' which T. rex most probably did, but the mighty design of T. rex would have been both - 1) unnecessary up against prey that is not alive to fight back and, 2) of a body mass difficult to sustain over the lifetime of the beast on the availability of carrion, alone. Fossil remains of T. rex represent the pinnacle of dinosaur fossil collections and exhibits the world over. Their universal appeal and rarity compared to ever-increasing market demand put fine quality Tyrannosaurus rex fossils at the forefront of highly promising INVESTMENT FOSSILS. Be aware of dealers offering fragmented bones and teeth as being from T. rex. Ignorance and deception persists in the fossil trade as the financial rewards are great for wrongly classifying a fossil as from T. rex. Deal ONLY with reputable and knowledgeable suppliers who will provide a certificate and lifetime guarantee of positive identification. AMAZINGLY RARE CONDITION AND COMPLETENESS - MOST PROMISING INVESTMENT OF ANY FOSSIL, PERIOD! 3" long on the leading edge x 1.5" wide SOLD DT18-002 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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TYRANNOSAURUS
REX grew to up 46 feet long, 20 feet high at the hips and weighed 5 to 7
tons. Despite some claims as to this beast being a clumsy
scavenger, the undeniable facts about T. rex's anatomy indicate quite
the opposite. This enormous killer was built to HUNT.
It had amazing senses for smelling (based on braincase studies and
enlarged lobes for this sense) but more importantly, Tyrannosaurus rex
was HIGHLY DEVELOPED for seeing - something you do not
need when all you "chase" after is a non-moving, dead animal. The
massive five foot skull had 4 inch diameter eye sockets that would have
held a 3 inch diameter eyeball. T. rex possessed
large lobes in its
brain for vision that processed complex sight information. T. rex
also had a unique head compared to most predatory dinosaurs with both
eyes facing forward on the front of its skull. This allowed ideal
depth perception - best needed for stalking and hunting LIVE, running
prey. While other predatory dinosaurs possessed depth perception,
it would not have been as developed as T. rex because of this feature.
Plant-eating dinosaurs have their eyes located on the sides of their
heads which allows them to WATCH FOR PREDATORS from all
directions, something T. rex never needed since it was THE king of
predators and had NO equal in its region.
than
most other predatory dinosaurs' teeth which enabled T. rex's teeth to
better stand up to crushing bone. Conical teeth can also best
sustain the impact force of hitting the body of its prey when attacking
and holding struggling prey prior to the kill. A similar conical
dentition is seen in 
