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COLORFUL 3.25 INCH SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH Tegana Formation - Kem Kem, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago
This is a beautiful Spinosaurus dinosaur tooth with pumpkin orange and brown enamel from an adult dinosaur. This fine specimen has natural feeding wear on the tip and
limited repair. It is complete
and deeply grooved indicating this tooth came from a very old and large
Spinosaurus dinosaur.
Color is highly attractive and rich in hues. Overall, specimen has
very nice preservation. This fine dinosaur tooth has
NO FABRICATION. An
excellent and very displayable specimen from a 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.
FINE GRADE COLORFUL EXAMPLE IN A LARGE SIZE FROM AN ADULT DINOSAUR 3.25" long SOLD DT5-068 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.
