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Large Partial Tyrannosaur Tooth - Two Medicine Formation
This is a partial of a large Tyrannosaur from the Judith RIver Formation in Montana. It's 1.54" in length and would have come from a tooth between 2 1/2 - 3 inches. It has decent enamel preservation and some of the serrations are still visible. It has been broken and glued back together.
There are three described Tyrannosaurs from the Two Medicine Formation (Judith River Group), 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 genre because they are so similar. Based on the size I would say Daspletosaurus is the most likely as it is the largest of the three.
I've linked to the research paper below.
Morphometry of the teeth of western North American tyrannosaurids and its applicability to quantitative classification
There are three described Tyrannosaurs from the Two Medicine Formation (Judith River Group), 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 genre because they are so similar. Based on the size I would say Daspletosaurus is the most likely as it is the largest of the three.
I've linked to the research paper below.
Morphometry of the teeth of western North American tyrannosaurids and its applicability to quantitative classification
SPECIES
Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus or Daspletosaurus
LOCATION
North Central Montana
FORMATION
Two Medicine Formation, Judith River Group
SIZE
1.51" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#13312
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