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MASSIVE SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH - Tegana Formation - Kem Kem, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago If you have been holding out for a supreme and giant-size Spinosaurus tooth then this may be the last opportunity to secure such a fine specimen. It is quite discouraging what is now on the market. In a recent check of other sellers, the few teeth we found over 4" were either junk or were clever composites of a root from one tooth puttied on to the crown of another specimen. The well-known online auction site is even worse and we've yet to see a GENUINE single, "no-tricks" large dinosaur tooth of ANY SPECIES listed there in well over a year and a half! Lots of real good-looking big teeth but all with serious issues not disclosed in the text. This remarkable specimen is so rare that in this past year, the aggregate efforts of all our miners produced less than a handful of teeth over 4". Only a few teeth were collected that measured at or near 5 inches! This tooth measures right at 5 inches and is intact except for a single fracture that has been repaired approximately 1 inch from the tip. It is a very robust example and boasts of NO RESTORATION! This is absolutely amazing to have this kind of condition on a 3" tooth not to mention a FIVE INCH WHOPPER!!! The surface of the enamel is dense and excellent and has a superb dense sheen and ridged detail on BOTH SIDES as shown above. The color is a rich walnut brown and mahogany. Encrustation on the root is present as is light encrustation on the naturally worn tip caused by the dinosaur's repeated use. Without the wear, this is actually a 6" tooth and would be one of the largest specimens we have seen. Entire tooth has been chemically stabilized to protect against damage. What is extremely rare is that this tooth was found just this year. Anyone that has been shopping for Spinosaurus teeth can attest to what we have been saying for the last several years - the formation is no longer producing fine grade teeth in the larger sizes. We are now digging at depths of as much as 24 meters, THREE TIMES! the previous depths. Still, the source is practically depleted. A tooth such as this amazingly rare example is definitely one of the most promising investments one can make at this point in time. In the last year of digging, the cumulative effort of many of our mining partners produced less than 5 quality large teeth 4" and over. This is the LARGEST TOOTH of the entire year's efforts of 2003 to date!!! Need we say more about what the situation is. Since dinosaurs are long gone, things will only get worse. The dinosaur this specimen came from would have been the maximum size creature known! Teeth in this size and this condition are nearly priceless since very few exist to compare to. We strongly recommend this amazing example to any collector because prizes like these are sure to be strong investments in even the near future considering the current state of the source and its nearly exhausted supply of large teeth. Steady appreciation of prices in the market have already reflected that in the last year and a half.
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 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.
VERY RARE IN THIS SIZE - TOOTH WOULD BE 6 INCHES IF UNWORN! 5" long along the curve x 1.6" wide SOLD DT534 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.
which could be raised by the creature as a
social display or as a way to regulate body temperature. 