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SUPREME GRADE SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH Tegana Formation - Kem Kem, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago
This is a beautiful Spinosaurus dinosaur tooth with rich, dark brown enamel from an adult dinosaur. The
tooth is a fine grade specimen that has a sharp tip and well-preserved
enamel. It is complete
and the crown is in superb condition. Some silicified sand matrix
still attached near base. This fine specimen has minor repair but
NO FABRICATION. An
excellent and very displayable specimen from a full-grown Spinosaurus
dinosaur.
The entire tooth is present and is of 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.
SUPREME GRADE SPECIMEN WITH SHARP TIP - FROM A LARGE, FULL-GROWN ADULT DINOSAUR 2.70" long SOLD DT5-064 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.
