DT5-262 - UNBROKEN 4 INCH SPINOSAURUS DINOSAUR TOOTH

Product Description

ID

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

FOUND

Kem Kem Beds (NW Sahara Desert),
 Morocco

AGE

CRETACEOUS:  112 - 97 million years 

SIZE

4.5" long

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.  SEALED
AND STABILIZED.  WITH HEAVY SILICIFIED
SAND AND MINERALS ON BASE AND 
TIP.  IMPRESSIVE!

NOTE

RARE, MONSTER TOOTH.  UNBROKEN AND
WITH COOL MINERALIZED SAND AND
HEMATITE CRYSTALS ON ROOT

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX   Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

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This tooth comes from a full-grown adult Spinosaurus dinosaur.  At 4 inches in length, it is of a size you will seldom see today in a genuine single tooth.  With such a large creature, it is nearly impossible to find teeth in this size range that are not severely damaged and severely worn considering the amount of food a large dinosaur would have had to consume to sustain such massive body mass. It is rare in this size to be UNBROKEN and COMPLETE, protected by a former coating of silicified sand and minerals.  We were able to clean the tooth but left some on the delicate tip and base where the root begins.  There are even some cool spherical hematite crystals on the base.  What is important is that it is ONE SINGLE TOOTH and NOT a typical fake made up of a base of one glued onto the tip or body of another.  With impressive, naturally lustrous enamel.  Sealed and stabilized.  It is getting harder and harder to find teeth this size that do not have repair!!!!

WARNING:  A common trick to fake large dinosaur teeth in the market is to attach either a bunch of sand mixed with glue on the end of the tooth's root to exaggerate the length or even worse, fabricate a giant impressive tooth by combining and blending multiple teeth sections together to appear as one massive tooth or to fabricate the bottom portion of the tooth and extend, by a much as DOUBLE OR MORE, the original length of the tooth before work started.  The workmanship of a few notorious United States-based fakers is of the finest workmanship and VERY convincing in appearance.  There have been European fakers also known to create and sell these large teeth.  Don't be fooled when you are shopping for large dinosaur teeth of ANY SPECIES, not just Spinosaurus.  These are common practices of both unscrupulous and uninformed dealers.  We see these "doctored" large dinosaur teeth offered quite frequently and numerous junk, worthless teeth that have been converted and heavily modified are selling for ridiculously high prices, mostly at shows and on the internet.  Ebay is one of the worst places for this where fraud runs rampant and unchecked in the entire rare collectibles field but some fossil show dealers and internet sites have been pawning these "creations" off for years now, as well!