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CARCHARODONTOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH - "Taouz" region of the Sahara Desert, Morocco

LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD:  96 - 66 million years ago

One of the most unique colorations I have seen in these teeth.  Simply beautiful!  The pattern is not the enamel peeling but is the color mix on the INTACT enamel as shown.  This robust example features nice serrations and tip with a remarkably white root portion.  An impressive size with no putty filler, only fracture repairs which do not detract from this rarity as all the pieces of the tooth are present including the tip.  Surface of tooth enamel is smooth and glossy with no peel on display side.  Again, this bizarre coloration is IN the enamel and not flaking off enamel as it may appear.

This North African carnosaur (meat-eating lizard) had a massive tail, a bulky body, and heavy bones.  Its arms were short and had three-fingered hands with sharp claws.  Carcharodontosaurus grew up to 45 feet long, perhaps weighing up to 8 tons.  It had a skull 6 feet long.  It had large, powerful jaws with long, serrated, sharp teeth up to 8 inches long.  Although Carcharodontosaurus was larger than T-rex, its brain was smaller.  Carcharodontosaurus was closely related to Gigantosaurus but not to T-rex.  Carcharodontosaurus was a more primitive dinosaur than T-rex.

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 head of any therapods known, larger than T-rex.

Carcharodontosaurus remains have been found in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Niger.  This tooth was found in the "Taouz" region of the Sahara desert in Morocco.

This specimen is EXTREMELY RARE and one of the finest teeth of this dinosaur we have.  

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

2.7" long on the curve x 1.25" wide

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Carcharodontosaurus by the great TODD MARSHALL.

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