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62 - Collectible fossils. Three Spinosaurus teeth.
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Estimate €180 - €250
Description
Collectible fossils. Three Spinosaurus teeth. Spinosaurus aegypticus. 94–100 million years old. Max. length approx. 6 cm. Specimens of this quality are rare. The largest known predatory dinosaur. Weighing up to nine tonnes, six metres tall and eighteen metres long: it is three metres longer than the largest known specimen of T. rex. Spectacular dorsal sail, webbed hind feet, elongated crocodilian head, slender, sharp teeth: this mega-predator, a hunter lying in wait in shallow waters, is the first known dinosaur capable of moving both on land and in water. Was it even capable of taking on the Mosasaur? As found (standard consolidation). Sahara. Lower Cretaceous.
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