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LOT 3288
Triceratops Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5/8 in. (45.9 grams total including case, tooth: 17 mm).
Triceratops horridus tooth; held in a display case and accompanied by an identification card. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Hell Creek Formation, USA.
From a Gloucestershire, UK, fossil specialist.
From a West London gentleman collector.
Famously, this dinosaur's head was ornamented with a large frill studded with bony spikes and three horns. A herbivore which could grow to 30 feet (c.9 meters) long and weigh between 6 and 8 tons as an adult. Triceratops was the last non-avian dinosaur to evolve prior to the extinction event of 66 million years ago.
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LOT 3288
Triceratops Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaurus Bone
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Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
The most famous and iconic of all dinosaur species, the Tyrannosaurus rex, was first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905 from a skeleton found in 1902, in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. An adult Tyrannosaurus would have weighed almost nine tonnes, standing over 4 meters tall at the hip and exceeding 13 meters in length. It is no wonder this theropod was the top predator of the Late Cretaceous, and amongst the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth before their mass extinction. The present tooth offers an incredible insight into how these ferocious creatures lived, characterised by its unique curved and serrated shape, which was specifically adapted to help the dinosaur tear through hides and flesh, with the curvature allowing maximum force to be applied as it tore into its prey.
