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FINE QUALITY SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH WITH SHARP TIP 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 has a
sharp tip which is also rare. 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
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 - FOR THE DISCRIMINATING COLLECTOR 2" long $175 DT5-079 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.
