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LOT 1957
Natural History - African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-93 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 in. (14.6 grams, 53 mm).
A large fossil tooth from the dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (the African T-Rex), with remains of enamelling and serration.
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Footnotes
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators of all time (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) and is related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
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