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UNWORN JUVENILE TRICERATOPS TOOTH IN ORIGINAL MATRIX WITH FULL CROWN AND OTHER ASSOCIATED FOSSIL BONES Lance Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 68 - 65 million years ago Collected from the famous Lance Formation of Northwestern U.S.A., this is a very RARE high quality tooth from the well known ceratopsian dinosaur Triceratops. This is an excellent educational specimen that is in uncommon form still embedded in a large block of the original matrix it was found in. The tooth is a rare example with complete unworn crown. Because of the presence of the unworn crown, it tells us the dinosaur died with this tooth in its jaws. There are also MANY related fossil bones in the matrix with it. Near the tooth is a large armored gar scale. On the front side there is a complete limb bone. On one side is an impression of fossil wood with great detail as seen above. All around, this is just a superb and fascinating fossil aside from the top grade juvenile Triceratops tooth peeking out one edge. This superb example was not glued to a piece of stabilized dirt but is exactly as it was found still embedded in the hard sandstone Cretaceous matrix. The tooth is intact and complete with a beautiful dense surface. This dinosaur fossil matrix specimen would make an interesting compliment to Hell Creek dinosaur fossils since this specimen comes from a similar period but different formation of some of the most well-known North American dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous. NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. Highly recommended! Triceratops is the most famous of the great horned dinosaurs. This plant-eating group has been found in the fossil record in greater abundance than all the other varieties. A full grown Triceratops is estimated to have weighed 11 tons, heavier than a modern African bull elephant. Its skull was 6.5 feet long with a pair of brow horns that exceeded 3 feet in length.
RARE JUVENILE
TRICERATOPS TOOTH WITH FULL CROWN IN ORIGINAL MATRIX AS FOUND LOADED
WITH OTHER FOSSILS!
.5" long
$295 DT19-030
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