Hi all!
This is aGORGEOUS TOP QUALITY tooth from either the infamous American three horneddinosaur Triceratops or the similar but even larger Torosaurus from the HellCreek Formation Hell Creek Formation in Carter County, Montana, USA! They fedon tough vegetation, chomping off morsels with their beaks and grinding it downwith their teeth. Once a tooth was worn down, they would spit it out and grow anew one, not unlike sharks. This is NOT one of those spit teeth! This is muchrarer only slightly used tooth with both root lobes, which is INCREDIBLY RARE!The tooth is very three dimensional with minimal feeding wear and nearlyperfect root! It measures 1.59 inches (4.05 cm) with no repair or restoration!Makes a magnificent addition to any fossil collection, it comes in a doublesided clear display case with a stand for easy transport and a beautifuldisplay! This is truly among the highest quality of fossils of one of the mosticonic prehistoric animals of all time!
Ceratopsians, also known as “Horned Dinosaurs”, are plant eating dinosaurs that had boney frills on the back of their heads, parrot like beaks, and often (but not always) horns. The most famous of which is the Three Horned Triceratops. Triceratops was one of the most prolific dinosaurs of Late Cretaceous North America. These massive herbivores, nearly 30 feet long and ten tons, and roamed in large herds 66 million years ago. Its most striking features were the large frill and three large horns, one on its snout and two on its brow, that adorned its head. The brow horns could reach up to four feet in length and the frill three feet across! While Triceratops was a sight to behold on its own evidence suggests that it had a contemporary, another Three Horned Ceratopsian that was even bigger called Torosaurus! Torosaurus is a rather unusual genus of dinosaur. Fossils are very rare and indicate it would have been very similar to Triceratops, but bigger and with large holes in its frill whose purpose is unknown. Many paleontologists believe that Torosaurus are simply very large mature Triceratops and that they develop the holes in their frill as they age, while many others argue that Torosaurus represents a different genus.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRICERATOPS: Traditionally any large Ceratopsian remains from the Hell Creek are simply labeled "Triceratops". This is due to the debate around Torosaurus, it's validity as a different species, and that even as a legitimate species it is SUBSTANTIALLY rarer than Triceratops to the point that the overwhelming majority of such material would be identified as Triceratops if possible. However, because of the chance that Torosaurus is a valid species and the inability to tell apart isolated teeth/bones between these two I will be labeling these fossils as "Ceratopsian, Triceratops or Torosaurus" (or just Triceratops type because the two were so similar) to cover all bases.
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Jako
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