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LOT 2395
Natural History - Fossil 'African T-rex' Dinosaur Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-93 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 in. (8 grams, 46 mm).
With some serration, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired during the 1980s.
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
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