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Product Description
ITEM #
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DT19-047
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ID
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Avaceratops sp.
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FOUND
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Judith River Formation - North Central Montana, U.S.A.
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AGE
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LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 80 - 75 million years ago
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SIZE
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.55" long
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CONDITION
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NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION
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NOTE
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RARE WITH CHOICE PRESERVATION
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INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only
Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet |
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CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HORNED DINOSAURS
Collected in the Judith River Formation of Northwestern U.S.A., this is a SUPER RARE top grade fossil dinosaur tooth from the ceratopsian dinosaur Avaceratops sp.. Avaceratops teeth are rare in the market, this tooth coming from an estate of the original collector who dug the area over 50 years ago. The tooth shows NO FEEDING WEAR AND A COMPLETE UNWORN CROWN. Very rarely offered or found. NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. Highly recommended!
The name Avaceratops is in honor of the original discoverer's wife, Ava. The first remains of this small horned herbivorous dinosaur were discovered only as recent as 1981 in the Judith River Formation of Montana, USA. The fossil was published in 1986 and the name Avaceratops lammersi was assigned. In 1999, a second skull was described. The original fossil remains indicated a quadrupedal ceratopsian herbivore that would have only been 2.3 meters in length but the second skull was larger, indicating the size could have been 4.2 meters long. Some say the first discovery was a juvenile. In either case, scientists agree this is one of the smallest members of the horned dinosaur family.
