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LOT 2192
Natural History - Fossil Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100-95 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 in. (6.79 grams, 36 mm).
A fossil tooth from the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Tegana Formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1980s.
Old Bristol, UK, collection.
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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