Description: This is an authentic tooth fossil from a Nanotyrannus, or a juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex! The tooth was found near Faith, South Dakota on the famous Hell Creek Formation. The tooth piece is slightly over 1/4" long. Fossil comes in a unique Nanotyrannus case, that you will find nowhere else and includes a laminated dinosaur information card. All fossils sold are authentic fossils, no replicas. Nanotyrannus Nanotyrannus was a small, but extremely dangerous little tyrannosaur. Its head was about the length of an adult man's arm, but it housed a pair of large, forward-looking eyes that provided excellent binocular vision and depth perception. It could easily spot distant prey, then lunge forward, taking long, fast strides with its powerful hind legs. It was very agile and could abruptly change direction. It was also fast and it has been estimated that he could run up to 30 kilometers an in short spurts. A victim would have found it very difficult to escape. Nanotyrannus could grab its prey with its powerful jaws, sinking his curved eyeteeth into the body of his surprised victim. Like all tyrannosaurs, it had two very small front legs; they were finished off by two fingers that had strong claws. Some paleontologists believe that Nanotyrannus is a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, partly because some of the skull bones are not fused, indicating an immature animal. A few paleontologists have suggested it may be a type of huge dromaeosaur (raptor). Nanotyrannus are the most primitive*tyrannosaur. Those that argue that Nanotyrannus is a different species point out that Nanotyrannus had slim and razor-like teeth that were great for slicing through flesh. Tyrannosaurus rex, by contrast, has teeth like railroad spikes, larger and rounder for piercing and puncturing prey and biting through bones. REX006
Price: 79.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-02-04T20:39:36.000Z
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