DTX001 - INCREDIBLY RARE EOCARCHARIA THEROPOD DINOSAUR TOOTH FROM NIGER

Product Description

ITEM # 

DTX001

ID

Eocarcharia dinops

FOUND

Tiouraren Formation

Tenere Desert - South Central Sahara Desert, Niger

AGE

LATE CRETACEOUS (APTIAN):  121 - 113 million years ago

SIZE

1.2" LONG

CONDITION

UNBROKEN WITH NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX   Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

Once in a while, good fortune smiles on us and we land an acquisition that is jaw-dropping rare!  This is one of those moments.  This is a worn, but nevertheless incredibly rare, fossil tooth from the carcharodontosaurid theropod Eocarcharia dinops, a rather recent meat-eating dinosaur discovery from the Tenere Desert of Africa.  No where will you ever find a correctly attributed fossil tooth of this dinosaur on the public market.  It came from a small collection of fossils formerly in the estate of a retired European expedition guide who had traveled to the South Central Sahara many decades ago.  In this collection were a variety of exceptionally rare fossil dinosaur and other reptile teeth including A SINGLE TOOTH of Eocarcharia dinops!  This RARE specimen is from that collection and it is most certain we will never see such an opportunity again.  Current regulations and civil war in the Tenere Desert have made modern collecting illegal and life-threatening!  This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to acquire such a rare fossil tooth from a dinosaur that has NEVER been commercially collected or available on the market. 

This fossil dinosaur tooth is far more rare than any dinosaur tooth we have ever offered in the past.  It is from a rare species not known to have any fossils on the market but in addition, the region where these fossils were found is off-limits to any collecting making this truly a rare opportunity to add an extremely scarce fossil tooth to your dinosaur fossil collection.  Erosion is evident as is feeding wear but serrations are still barely visible in places.  INTACT WITH NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION.  Far more rare than teeth from T. rex and yet, at a fraction of the cost.  WITH OUR HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!

In the year 2000, an American team of paleontologists on an expedition in Niger unearthed the remains of a new carcharodontosaurid dinosaur named Eocarcharia dinops, "fierce-eyed dawn shark".  The name came from its prominent bony eyebrow giving it a sinister appearance, as well as its blade-like teeth.  It is believed to have grown to lengths ranging from 20 to 27 feet.  This dinosaur lived alongside the giant Supercroc crocodile, Sarcosuchus imperator, as well as a spinosaurid dinosaur, Suchomimus tenerensis.