Excellent Albertosaurus Dinosaur Tooth from Montana

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: