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EDUCATIONAL SET OF TWO ANTERIOR / POSTERIOR JAW POSITION HIGH GRADE BABY SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR TEETH Tegana Formation - Kem Kem, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago
This is a fantastic educational reference set of two top quality Spinosaurus aegyptiacus dinosaur teeth,
each being from different jaw positions. There is an anterior
position (long and thin) and posterior position (short and stout) tooth
which shows the different structures of the teeth with relation to their
location and purpose in the dinosaur's jaw. Both have superb enamel
and came from a baby dinosaur so their tips and overall condition are
well-preserved since they haven't seen the typical punishment of large
volumes of meals that adult teeth show. This fine specimen set has
NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.
The teeth are complete
and of a quality that is becoming difficult
to find in today's market in an unaltered state.
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.
SUPERB EXAMPLES WITH NO BREAKS, REPAIR OR RESTORATION FROM A BABY SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR 1.1" - .85" long SOLD DT5-049 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.
