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LOT 2521
Natural History - Fossil Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100-95 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 in. (3.73 grams, 37 mm).
From the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens, with good enamel and serrations. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Tegana Formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1980s.
Old Bristol, UK, collection.
Footnotes
Bahariasaurus ingens was a mid-sized carnivore, and the teeth are different from Carcharodontosaurus in being thinner but having a thicker more triangular X-section.
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