Allosaurus fragilis
Vendor: Fossil Soup
SKU Number: SQ2322104
Allosaurus was a carnivorous theropod that lived during the Jurassic period. This tooth comes from the Morrison Formation, Moffat County, NW Colorado.
This is a nice example of a lateral maxillary or dentary (upper or lower jaw) tooth with a well defined distal carina (backward facing serrated edge). The tooth has a high gloss, black patina and is offered, as found, in the sandstone matrix which has been stabilized along an existing crack.
There does not appear to have been any repair or restoration to the tooth. It should be noted that it is very difficult to determine tooth position based on the inspection of isolated examples. Therefore we use certain morphological features to suggest general location. A morphological diagram is provided further down the page.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: Fossil Soup
SKU Number: SQ2322104
Allosaurus was a carnivorous theropod that lived during the Jurassic period. This tooth comes from the Morrison Formation, Moffat County, NW Colorado.
This is a nice example of a lateral maxillary or dentary (upper or lower jaw) tooth with a well defined distal carina (backward facing serrated edge). The tooth has a high gloss, black patina and is offered, as found, in the sandstone matrix which has been stabilized along an existing crack.
There does not appear to have been any repair or restoration to the tooth. It should be noted that it is very difficult to determine tooth position based on the inspection of isolated examples. Therefore we use certain morphological features to suggest general location. A morphological diagram is provided further down the page.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: Fossil Soup
SKU Number: SQ2322104
Allosaurus was a carnivorous theropod that lived during the Jurassic period. This tooth comes from the Morrison Formation, Moffat County, NW Colorado.
This is a nice example of a lateral maxillary or dentary (upper or lower jaw) tooth with a well defined distal carina (backward facing serrated edge). The tooth has a high gloss, black patina and is offered, as found, in the sandstone matrix which has been stabilized along an existing crack.
There does not appear to have been any repair or restoration to the tooth. It should be noted that it is very difficult to determine tooth position based on the inspection of isolated examples. Therefore we use certain morphological features to suggest general location. A morphological diagram is provided further down the page.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Additional Information
Allosaurus is a genus of large carnosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic epoch (Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian). Allosaurus was a large bipedal predator. Its skull was light, robust and equipped with dozens of sharp, serrated teeth. It averaged 8.5 meters (28 ft) in length for A. fragilis, with the largest specimens estimated as being 9.7 metres (32 ft) long.
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