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SPINOSAURUS
TOOTH - Tegana
Formation - Kem Kem, Morocco
LATE
CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago
This
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus dinosaur tooth is a nice yet
affordable example. It is from an adult dinosaur and is 2" in
length. A single fracture has been repaired but is barely
noticeable. Entire
tooth is genuine and has
NO FABRICATION.
Color is natural with original glossy enamel. Tooth is much better
in person than photos show. Best
side is shown.
The
remains of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus were first
discovered by a German collector in 1912 in central Egypt. A variety
of pieces were recovered including a skull and teeth. On the evening
of April 24, 1944, a British bombing run on Munich destroyed these and
many other rare fossil specimens.
Spinosaurus is one of the
longest and strangest of all carnivorous dinosaurs. At 50 feet long
and 4 tons in weight, it was truly a monster! Its most unusual
feature was a row of broad club-shaped spines 6 feet tall, projecting
upward from the backbone. It's believed that these spines were
covered with a sail of skin which could be raised by the creature as a
social display or as a way to regulate body temperature. To this day, no other
dinosaur has been found with such tall and broad-shaped neural spines.
Fossil remains of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus are only found in the
North African Sahara Desert. Contrary to the inhospitable desert
environment where Spinosaurus fossils are found today, this region was a
vast swampy tropical paradise abundant with life during the Cretaceous
Period when Spinosaurus was alive and inhabiting its muddy river shores
and bogs.
A NICE
AFFORDABLE TOOTH WITHOUT ANY FABRICATION OR ENHANCEMENT
2" long on
the curve
SOLD
DT5-020 INCLUDES
DISPLAY BOX
Actual Item - One
Only
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