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INTACT HIGH GRADE 2.25 INCH CARCHARODONTOSAURUS TOOTH Tegana Formation, Kem Kem (Northern Sahara Desert), Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago This is a genuine large complete fossil dinosaur tooth from the largest predatory dinosaur known, Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. This SUPERB specimen being offered here measures 2.25 inches and is complete, UNBROKEN and with NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. There is some fascinating natural feeding wear on the tip of the leading edge but the lower edge and trailing edge shows really nice serrations as seen above. This tooth would have come from a full-grown dinosaur. These teeth are rapidly gaining in price and scarcity and still represent the best value in a large, meat-eating dinosaur tooth. This is a nicer specimen than usually found and still at an affordable price for an INTACT specimen that is complete with serrations! A very reasonably priced candidate to augment a DINOSAUR TOOTH collection from this dreaded monster of the past.
Although parts of these large carnivorous dinosaurs were discovered some time ago, their huge size has just recently come to light. The first almost complete Carcharodontosaurus discovered was being studied in Germany but was destroyed by Allied bombing during WWII. A recently unearthed specimen was reported to have the largest skull of any therapod known at six feet in length, larger than T. rex! ROBUST AND COMPLETE TOOTH IN RARE UNBROKEN CONDITION FROM THE LARGEST LAND-DWELLING PREDATORY DINOSAUR 2.25" long on the curve SOLD DT2-028 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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Carcharodontosaurus
saharicus is the largest meat-eating dinosaur known to have ever lived on
the Earth (along with Giganotosaurus - now believed to be the same
creature). Before its discovery, Tyrannosaurus rex was thought to be
the largest but this monster
exceeds T. rex in size and really is the
"king"! Carcharodontosaurus had a massive tail,
stout body mass, and heavy bones.
Its arms were short and its hands had three fingers with sharp claws.
Carcharodontosaurus
grew up to 45 feet long, had a 6 foot skull and is estimated to have
weighed eight tons. 
It had large, powerful
jaws with long, serrated, sharp teeth up to 8 inches long. Carcharodontosaurus was
larger than T. rex but its brain was smaller.
Carcharodontosaurus is so closely related to Giganotosaurus (not to T.
rex) that research now is leaning towards