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PERFECT COLORFUL GRADE 10 INFANT SPINOSAURUS TOOTH - Tegana Formation - Kem Kem, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago Dinosaur teeth from very young infant dinosaurs are interesting examples to display in a collection. If you are looking for the most perfect and beautiful example of a very young baby Spinosaurus tooth then this is it. Rarely do you find such a beautiful and INTACT Spinosaurus tooth in such choice condition as this wonderful example. The entire tooth is complete with NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. Tip is intact with only the very slightest natural feeding wear. The supreme enamel is of an ivory and salmon tone with a sprinkling of blood red colors. Unique color and super GRADE 10 condition! Dinosaur teeth of this quality are the pinnacle of specimens in today's market. Only fossils of the finest quality will appreciate and give a lifetime of pride in ownership. WARNING: Many dealers and collectors confuse Spinosaurus dinosaur teeth with much lesser value, common crocodile teeth from the same formation and time period. Both are found together as both creatures lived side by side in the Cretaceous in North Africa. There are distinct differences between the two teeth and it is VITAL to know these differences so that you don't pay good money for a 50 cent Crocodile tooth! Make sure every purchase you make comes with a guarantee.
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
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.
PERFECT NEEDLE-SHARP SPECIMEN OF THE FINEST QUALITY - FROM A VERY, VERY SMALL SPINOSAURUS! 1.1" long x .3" wide SOLD DT5-028 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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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.
social display or as a way to regulate body temperature.
