Albertosaurus
libratus Dinosaur Tooth
Class Sauropsida,
Superorder Dinosauria, Order Ornithischia, Suborder Theropoda, Family
Tyrannosauridae
Geological
Time: Late Cretaceous (70 million years ago)
Size: 50
mm in length (1 7/8”)
Fossil Site:
Judith River Formation, Northern Montana
Fossil Code:
PFV139
Price: $375.00
- sold
 Description:
Presented is an excellent quality tooth. There is serration on the
upper and lower parts of the tooth. It was found in Northern Montana
in the Judith River Formation. This is a historically important
area.  Early
paleontologists like Edward Drinker Cope explored here as early
as 1876. Albertosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur
that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period,
more than 70 million years ago. The genus derives its name from
Alberta, the Canadian province in which the first specimens were
found. It was a meat eating dinosaur with more than 60 banana shaped
teeth in its large jaws:
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