SOUTH DAKOTA, USA

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A FINE TYRANNOSAURUS REX TOOTH
SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
From the Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, late Cretaceous (circa 67-66 million years ago) the 4 ¼-inch tooth of a Tyrannosaurus rex in a fine state of preservation, supported on custom fitted stand
4 ¼ in. (11 cm.) high; 1 ¾ in. (4.6 cm.) wide; 1 in. (3.1 cm.) deep

Provenance

Found on private land at the 3 X Ranch, Buffalo, Harding County, South Dakota,
Subsequently with Triebold Paleontology, Inc, December 2021,
Acquired from the above in January 2022.

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Lot Essay

The most famous and iconic of all dinosaur species, the T. rex was first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905 from a skeleton found in 1902 in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Standing over 13ft tall and 40ft long, the T. rex was the top predator of the late Cretaceous, amongst the last dinosaurs to walk the earth before their mass extinction. T. rex possessed spike-like teeth not only larger but also more robust than those of any other theropod dinosaur. This adaptation made T. rex an unparalleled predator, capable of inflicting devastating damage with each powerful strike.

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