Description:
Presented is a worn and battered T-rex tooth. Picture it as you
would the face of an old battle scarred heavyweight boxer. The
defining serration is visible.
Any body part preserved from a Tyrannosaurus rex, or, other tyrannosaurid
is valuable and highly collectable. If this is your passion look
for my current and forthcoming catalogue postings. I have, or will
have, a number of high quality body parts including teeth and bones.
Tyrannosaurus
meaning 'tyrant lizard' was a genus of theropod dinosaur. The
species Tyrannosaurus rex commonly
abbreviated to
T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. Fossils are found in a
variety of rock formations dating to the last three million years
of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 68 to 65 million years
ago. It was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist prior to
the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event. Like other tyrannosaurids,
Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced
by a long, heavy tail.
Recently
the Fossil Mall associates purchased a large lot of dinosaur,
reptile and mammal material from our primary collector. He lives
in Montana and has over fifteen years of field collecting experience.
Ten days were spent in obtaining this lot. The fossils were discovered
in Cretaceous stream channel deposits. Some were surface collected
as float, many were partially eroded out of the low-lying surrounding
gullies and bad lands. The work of discovery continued upon his
return home. There the specimens had to be cleaned and identified,
a long and tedious process that lasted many days. Upon completion,
all the specimens were photographed, notated and submitted to
us at the Fossil Mall for consideration of purchase. Needless
to say, we bought the whole batch. A word regarding the legality of these fossils. Our provider only
collects on private ranch and farmlands of Montana and S. Dakota.
His relationships with these landowners have been cultivated over
many years of door knocking and often difficult negotiations. Our
collector, in the beginning stage of a possible collecting arrangement,
cannot even contemplate a deal until he has walked the land holdings
to discover if there are ancient remains to be found.
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