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LOT 2464
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-93 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/4 in. (5.05 grams, 32 mm).
Displaying remains of enamelling and serration, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired during the 1980s.
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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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LOT 2464
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Lower Cretaceous Period, circa 95 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Late Cretaceous Period, 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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From the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco, North Africa. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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