DT18-092 - ROBUST INTACT NANOTYRANNUS TYRANNOSAUR DINOSAUR TOOTH

Product Description

ID

Nanotyrannus lancensis

FOUND

Hell Creek Formation - South Dakota, USA

AGE

LATE CRETACEOUS:  68 - 65 million years

SIZE

1.3" long tooth

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION, COMPLETE.
SLIGHT NATURAL FEEDING WEAR ON TIP.
WELL-PRESERVED DARK, LUSTROUS
ENAMEL AND CRISP SERRATIONS.

NOTE

AN UNBROKEN TOP QUALITY TOOTH!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX   Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of 
authenticity / information sheet

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This is a CHOICE QUALITY fossil tooth from Nanotyrannus lancensis, a member of the TYRANNOSAUR family.  Dark browns dominate the overall color with original enamel still displaying luster from its excellent preservation.  Serrations are present with fine detail.  Tooth is complete with slight natural feeding wear on the tip.  INTACT WITH NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION OR FABRICATION. 

Nanotyrannus lancensis  was first discovered in the Lance Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A., hence the 'lancensis' name.   The name 'Nanotyrannus' means "tiny tyrant" but at approximately 17 feet in length,  Nanotyrannus was not exactly tiny, just small in comparison to its fellow tyrannosaurids.  Its best known relative is the larger Tyrannosaurus rex.  Like all tyrannosaurs, Nanotyrannus was a bi-pedal carnivore.  It had narrow hips, a slim tail, long legs with three-toed feet and short arms with two-fingered hands.  Its short, thick neck carried a large head with large jaws of sharp curved and serrated teeth.  It is theorized that it weighed less than 1000 pounds.

More than 20 Nanotyrannus teeth like this specimen, one as small as 0.4 inches in length, were found scattered amongst the bones of the famous Triceratops skeleton KELSEY indicating possible multiple Nanotyrannus dinosaurs were responsible for the kill.  It is theorized by some that these ferocious tyrannosaurs might have hunted in packs like dromaeosaurs.

Artwork by Mineo Shiraishi used with permission  and copyright protected