Lot 722
Spinosaurus Foot Claw and Huge Tooth. Made famous in "Jurassic Park III" as the dinosaur that killed a T-Rex, the enormous theropod dinosaur Spinosaurus with a huge sail on its back remains an enimagmatic dinosaur as no skeleton even remotely complete has been found and the only partial skeleton was destroyed in World War II. Spinosaurus is mostly known from its teeth which are fairly common but usually broken and ugly. This huge 4.75 inch tooth is the exception being a lovely brown color with over two inches of light colored root with just some minor repairs to a couple of cracks in the enamel and some natural feeding wear from use when the dinosaur was alive. Claws are much rarer than teeth because the dinosaur could replace its teeth but not the claws. This 80 million year old dinosaur foot claw is 3.5 inches long with even the delicate tip complete and just a couple of minor cracks expertly filled. Both of these rare dinosaur fossils were found in the Kem Kem Valley near Taouz, Morocco (near the border with Algeria). Thee museum quality fossils are housed in an 8 x 6 inch Riker mount, along with a realistic picture of what a living Spinosaur might have looked like.
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Estimated Value $750 - 1,150.
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