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Product Description
ID
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Dromaeosaurus sp.
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FOUND
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Two Medicine Formation - Montana, USA
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AGE
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LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 83 - 70 million years
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SIZE
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.7" 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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SUPER DARK CHOCOLATE ENAMEL
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INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only
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CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DROMAEOSAURS
From the Two Medicine Formation of Montana, U.S.A., this is a SUPERB fossil dinosaur tooth from a dromaeosaur dinosaur called Dromaeosaurus sp.. This tooth possesses CHOICE preservation with rich dark color and a natural luster. It is complete with beautiful and well-preserved enamel. The tip has slight natural feeding wear, flanked by crisp serrations. It is UNBROKEN with NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION.
Dromaeosaurus was a small carnivore, about 2 m (6.6 ft) in length and 15 kg (33 lb) in weight. Its mouth was full of sharp teeth, and it had a sharply curved "sickle claw" on each foot. It lived during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, however, some fragmentary remains such as teeth which may belong to this genus have been found from the late Maastrichtian age Lance and Hell Creek Formations, dating to 66 million years ago.
Dromaeosaurus had a relatively robust skull with a deep snout. Its teeth were rather large and it had only nine of them in each maxilla. 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. It is 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.
