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TRICERATOPS TOOTH IN ORIGINAL MATRIX 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 high quality tooth from the well known ceratopsian dinosaur Triceratops. This is an excellent educational specimen that is in uncommon form with some of the original matrix it was found in still attached. It is a tooth that was worn in feeding and ejected from the dinosaur's jaw. The tooth is not repaired but is intact and complete with age fissures but not complete breaks. This dinosaur fossil tooth 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. UNCOMMON WITH ORIGINAL MATRIX STILL INTACT AS FOUND - AN INTERESTING COMPLIMENT TO HELL CREEK EXAMPLES .8" long SOLD DT19-031 Actual Item - One Only |
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