AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR
CANADIAN DOLLAR
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POUND STERLING
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Product Description
Collected in the Judith River Formation of Northwestern U.S.A., this is a SUPER RARE fossil dinosaur tooth from the hadrosaurid dinosaur Brachylophosaurus sp.. Brachylophosaurus fossils are rare in the market, this tooth coming from an estate of the original collector who dug the area over 50 years ago.
With its stunning and complete crown preservation, this is a CHOICE GRADE and very RARE fossil dinosaur tooth. Crown shows no feeding wear. One of only a small handful we received and one of the best in the lot.
HISTORY
Brachylophosaurus was a member of the hadrosaur family of dinosaurs. It was first discovered in 1936 and described in 1953 from a skull and partial skeleton that was collected from the Judith River Formation of Montana, USA. More famous was the discovery in 2000 of what scientists consider to be one of the most important dinosaur discoveries of all time - a completely mummified Brachylophosaurus skeleton, nicknamed Leonardo. This discovery was even noted by the Guinness Book of World Records for its rarity. Following that, several other wonderfully preserved skeletons were discovered. Brachylophosaurus grew to a length of 9 meters, a typical size of other adult hadrosaur species. What sets Brachylophosaurus apart from other species is the skull featured a flat, large bone plate over the top like a lid. Longer than typical forelimbs were also a unique trait of this hadrosaur.
