Lot 789
Tyrannosaurus Dinosaur Egg. Tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur eggs from Central Asia are the largest and some of the rarest dinosaur eggs known. Tyrannosaurus bataar looked virtually the same as its more famous relative T-Rex but was slightly smaller in size and older in the fossil record at 70-80 million years old. Tyrannosaurus bataar may be the direct ancestor to T-Rex of which no eggs have ever been found. Tyrannosaur eggs are very rare because unlike herbivorous dinosaurs, tyrannosaurs were solitary animals that did not lay their eggs in colonies and only a single isolated nest is ever found. This rare gigantic egg is 16 x 5 inches compressed and completely removed from its stony matrix. There is about 80% original shell on the upper side and about 15% shell on the bottom. Some of the shell has been glued back on the egg and there is a repaired break on one of the ends. The egg is somewhat crushed which is almost always the case because of its immense size and the thinness of the shell. This size is just about the maximum possible because any egg cannot be any thicker or it would not allow oxygen in or waste gases to escape out and the embryo would die. These immense heavy 16 inch long eggs have definitely been identified as being from a tyrannosaur as embryos have been found in a couple of them with one even having a small skull with sharp theropod teeth. This egg is quite rare and desirable even with the restoration of some of the shell.
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Estimated Value $800 - 1,250.
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