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HIGH GRADE BLOND CARCHARODONTOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH "Taouz" region of the Sahara Desert, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago Large Carcharodontosaurus dinosaur teeth of fine quality AND LACKING RESTORATION OR ENHANCEMENT have sharply appreciated in price and rarity. As fewer fine grade specimens are found and more and more collectors demand them, the logistics of their investment potential and continued appreciation is obvious. Even so, they are still a bargain compared to equal quality T. rex teeth with many of those specimens selling in the thousands WITH restoration and considerable reconstruction. Fine large Carcharodontosaurus dinosaur teeth will continue to escalate in price as time goes on. This specimen being offered here is an exceptional grade with sharp and well-defined serrations. Tooth is complete with NO RESTORATION and aside from a few small repairs to body fractures. Tip is original with slight natural feeding wear from when this monster was alive. The original enamel is present on both sides in exceptional blond grain preservation. A reasonably priced candidate of very high quality to augment a DINOSAUR TOOTH collection or upgrade to a higher quality specimen such as this one. Extra nice dinosaur tooth from the largest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived. WARNING: Many large dinosaur teeth in the market today have been subject to extensive enhancement and fabrication. As the prices for large specimens continues to climb, the profits that can be gained illicitly are obvious and unless you are well-versed in restoration and repair, even dealers have been fooled. We have seen composites of a root from one tooth attached to the crown of another specimen. We have also seen massive but heavily worn stub teeth with fabricated tips and the entire tooth stained to a lustrous and "too good to be true" finish. This is usually evident in such well-defined and wavy color line where the crown color meets the lower root portion. If you see a large tooth in today's market that is of such extraordinary perfect condition, you should be HIGHLY SUSPECT AND GET EVERY POSSIBLE GUARANTEE OF NO FABRICATION OR RESTORATION IN WRITING BY THE DEALER!!! Ebay is THE worse for getting stuck by these. One dealer routinely sells amazingly large and extraordinary specimens that are mostly plastic. After years of doing this, he still has somehow avoided even a NEUTRAL feedback!!! Don't be
fooled when you are shopping for ANY large dinosaur teeth. These
are common practices of both unscrupulous and uninformed dealers.
It really pays to know who you are buying from! We see both
of these practices done quite frequently in the large tooth market and
numerous junk teeth are selling for ridiculous high prices as well as
"too good to be true" prices. (ESPECIALLY on EBAY where
fake
EVERYTHING is
RAMPANT!)
Stick with a dealer who actually has direct experience with performing
restoration work so he or she intimately KNOWS what to look for.
This is MUST! We have over two decades of experience in
this field and we WILL DISCLOSE any work done when we sell a
specimen.
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. TOP GRADE SPECIMEN - TOOTH HAS EXCELLENT SERRATIONS AND ENAMEL WITH NO FABRICATION! 3.15" long on the curve x 1.4" wide $695 DT2-007 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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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. 
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
