Lot 511
DINOSAUR RAPTOR FOOT CLAW. Chirostenotes (its name means slender hands) is a rare small raptor-like therapod of which not a lot is known. It is known mostly from its claws which are quite large and formidable. It is part of the little known Elmisaurid family of dinosaurs which may have been similar to a Dromaeosaurid Raptor or perhaps an omnivore which ate mammals, insects and plants. Whatever it was it was very fast and had large impressive claws such as this 3.75 inch (measured along the curve) foot claw. This is a lovely well detailed brown claw with excellent detail and smooth surfaces with just the end of the tip being restored. This rare and unusual dinosaur claw is about 70 million years old and was found on a private ranch in SW Montana in the Hell Creek Formation. Comes housed in a 8 x 6 inch Riker Mount.
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Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,600.
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