DT6-205 - LARGE DROMAEOSAURUS "RAPTOR" DINOSAUR TOOTH FROM HELL CREEK

Product Description

ITEM # 

DT6-205

ID

Dromaeosaurus sp.

FOUND

Hell Creek Formation - South Dakota, USA

AGE

LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD:  70 - 65 million years ago

SIZE

.75" long

CONDITION

INTACT WITH NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.

NOTE

ANTERIOR TOOTH WITH NICE PRESERVATION

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX   Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

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This is a EXCELLENT QUALITY genuine fossil tooth that would have come from a large Dromaeosaurus sp. "raptor" dinosaur from the famous Hell Creek deposits in the United States.  This is an ANTERIOR tooth from the FRONT of the jaw and as such, shows some feeding wear from snatching prey when this dinosaur was once alive.  Dromaeosaurus differs from most of its relatives in having a short, massive skull, a deep mandible, and robust teeth.  The teeth tend to be more heavily worn than those of its relative Saurornitholestes, suggesting that its jaws were used for crushing and tearing rather than simply slicing through flesh.  Therrien et al. (2005) estimated that Dromaeosaurus had a bite nearly three times as powerful as that of Velociraptor and suggested it relied more on its jaws than on the sickle claw to kill its prey.

The tooth is in excellent preservation.  It is intact with crisp serrations and tip showing some light natural feeding wear.  The enamel is a beautiful walnut brown hue with nice preservation.  Tooth has NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION.

The famous Hell Creek deposit in the Northwestern United States has been immortalized again and again on numerous TV documentaries as the "Valley of the T. rex".  For its astonishing array of dangerous and large prehistoric predator fossils, no place has captured more attention or has been featured more in the news than Hell Creek!  Fine grade fossils from this formation are amongst the most sought after specimens for collectors around the world.  Most of the dinosaurs we grew up learning about as kids, come from Hell Creek.