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.51" Serrated Raptor Tooth in Situ - Two Medicine Formation
This is a .51" long, serrated raptor tooth (Sauronitholestes?) 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. The hard sandstone that it was found in has been prepped away from one side of this tooth. We believe this tooth to belong to a genus of Velociraptor-like Dromeosaurs, Sauronitholestes, though proper identification is rather difficult given the similarity between theropod teeth extracted from this location.
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
Sauronitholestes sp.?
LOCATION
Pondera County, Montana
FORMATION
Two Medicine Formation
SIZE
.51" long tooth in 4 x 2.8" sandstone
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#165946
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