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1.24" Serrated Tyrannosaur Tooth in Sandstone - Two Medicine Formation
This is a 1.24" long, serrated Tyrannosaur tooth that was collected from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana. It's a gorgeous tooth with nice enamel and serrations which is rare for the location as most teeth are tumbled prior to fossilization. There is some minor fracturing to the tooth and what appears to be feeding damage to the anterior edge. The hard sandstone that it was found in has been prepped away from one side of this tooth. Comes with a display stand.
Three species of tyrannosaur have been described from the Two Medicine & Judith River Formations: Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus and Daspletosaurus. Research done on teeth from these three tyrannosaurs has concluded that isolated teeth are statistically impossible to assign to a specific genus because they are so similar.
Morphometry of the teeth of western North American tyrannosaurids and its applicability to quantitative classification
Morphometry of the teeth of western North American tyrannosaurids and its applicability to quantitative classification
About The Two Medicine Formation
The Two Medicine Formation is a geographical formation in Central Montana and Southern Alberta, Canada. The formation is predominantly sandstone laid down by rivers and deltas during the Campanian Age of the Cretaceous, about 80-75 million years ago. Approximately two thousand feet thick on the western edge, it lies on top of the Virgelle Sandstone formation and under the Bearpaw Shale. It is located between the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and the Sweetgrass Arch, a tectonic fold feature 40-90 miles east of the Front Range.
The Two Medicine is the same age as the Judith River Formation found further east. It was laid down further inland from the Western Interior Seaway, while the Judith River Formation was deposited along the coast. The Two Medicine contains much of the same dinosaur fauna, but fewer reptiles, amphibians, and aquatic fossils.
A view of the Two Medicine Formation quarry operated by Northwest Montana Fossils, where much of our Two Medicine dinosaur material has been found.
The Two Medicine Formation is a geographical formation in Central Montana and Southern Alberta, Canada. The formation is predominantly sandstone laid down by rivers and deltas during the Campanian Age of the Cretaceous, about 80-75 million years ago. Approximately two thousand feet thick on the western edge, it lies on top of the Virgelle Sandstone formation and under the Bearpaw Shale. It is located between the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and the Sweetgrass Arch, a tectonic fold feature 40-90 miles east of the Front Range.
The Two Medicine is the same age as the Judith River Formation found further east. It was laid down further inland from the Western Interior Seaway, while the Judith River Formation was deposited along the coast. The Two Medicine contains much of the same dinosaur fauna, but fewer reptiles, amphibians, and aquatic fossils.
A view of the Two Medicine Formation quarry operated by Northwest Montana Fossils, where much of our Two Medicine dinosaur material has been found.
SPECIES
Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus or Daspletosaurus
LOCATION
Pondera County, Montana
FORMATION
Two Medicine Formation
SIZE
1.24" long tooth in 8.4 x 5.3" sandstone
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#159669
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