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CARCHARODONTOSAURUS TOOTH Tegana Formation, Kem Kem (Northern Sahara Desert), Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago This is a fine grade tooth from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, which is currently known to have been the largest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived, larger than T. rex. The tooth is complete with excellent serration detail and sharp tip. Minor feeding wear at the leading edge is present. Tooth is complete with minor repair but NO FABRICATION. The original enamel is present on both sides. A reasonably priced candidate of nice quality to augment a DINOSAUR TOOTH collection from the largest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived.
It had large, powerful jaws with long, serrated, sharp teeth up to 8 inches long. Carcharodontosaurus was larger than T. rex but its brain was smaller. Carcharodontosaurus is so closely related to Giganotosaurus (not to T. rex) that research now is leaning towards declaring the two creatures the same dinosaur genus. Although parts of these large carnivorous dinosaurs were discovered some time ago, their huge size has just recently come to light. The first almost complete Carcharodontosaurus discovered was being studied in Germany but was destroyed by Allied bombing during WWII. A recently unearthed specimen was reported to have the largest skull of any therapod known at six feet in length, larger than T. rex! Carcharodontosaurus remains have been found in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Niger. NICE AND YET, AFFORDABLE COMPLETE EXAMPLE WITH SHARP TIP AND SERRATIONS 1.75" long on the curve x .85" wide SOLD DT2-006 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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Carcharodontosaurus by the great TODD MARSHALL. Used with permission and copyright protected. |
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Carcharodontosaurus
saharicus is the largest meat-eating dinosaur known to have ever lived on
the Earth (along with Giganotosaurus - now believed to be the same
creature). Before its discovery, Tyrannosaurus rex was thought to be
the largest but this monster
exceeds T. rex in size and really is the
"king"! Carcharodontosaurus had a massive tail,
stout body mass, and heavy bones.
Its arms were short and its hands had three fingers with sharp claws.
Carcharodontosaurus
grew up to 45 feet long, had a 6 foot skull and is estimated to have
weighed eight tons. 
