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3.15 INCH CHOICE GRADE SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH Tegana Formation - Kem Kem Beds, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 96 - 66 million years ago
This is a CHOICE and rare grade Spinosaurus dinosaur tooth with beautiful
red, orange and brown enamel from an adult dinosaur.
This genuine specimen is unusually large at over 3 inches and has a
sharp tip which is also rare for this size. It has well-preserved
enamel in beautiful tones. The tooth is complete
with excellent
preservation. This dinosaur tooth is of a quality that is much
better than typically found for sale and has barely perceptible
crack repair but
NO RESTORATION.
The entire tooth is present and is of degree of preservation that is becoming difficult
to find in today's market.
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 social display or as a way to regulate body temperature. 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. VERY RARE, CHOICE GRADE EXAMPLE WITH NICE ENAMEL AND COLOR AND OVER 3 INCHES WITH SHARP TIP! 3.15" long SOLD DT5-075 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.
