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Product Description
ID
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Dromaeosaur
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FOUND
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Kem Kem Beds - North Sahara Desert, Morocco
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AGE
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LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 80 - 74 million years
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SIZE
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.70" long
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CONDITION
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INTACT WITH NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.
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NOTE
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UNIQUE WITH DIGESTED SURFACE BUT COMPLETE
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INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only
Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet |
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This is a classic dromaeosaur "raptor" dinosaur tooth but with an interesting feature - it was swallowed by the dromaeosaur it once belonged to, likely during feeding. Occasionally in the fossil record, you find teeth that have been swallowed. As teeth in many of these creatures were in a constant state of replacement, on some occasions during feeding, a tooth was swallowed. The evidence for it is the surface of the enamel showing signs of complete partial erosion from the digestive acids in the stomach. The teeth from this site are not and were not subject to high energy environments that would have tumbled them or eroded them and most of the fossil teeth are found WITHOUT any signs of this feature. The teeth and other fossils are dug from hard or semi-rigid sediment layers deep in the ground so none of the fossils are exposed to the wind of the desert or movement of the sand You can see all edges and surface of this tooth above has a partially dissolved surface. This is the SECOND TIME we have ever offered a swallowed tooth for same from a dromaeosaur. Tooth is INTACT WITH NO RESTORATION AND NO REPAIR. Evidence of serrations and sharp tip are lacking but the tooth is complete. RARE and a highly interesting / educational addition to any dinosaur fossil collection. Most dromaeosaurs were only knee-high and about the size of small dogs, hence the very small teeth that are usually found. This is a TOP GRADE fossil tooth of a seldom seen quality with superb enamel, color and overall preservation on the finest level.
