Lot 1192
Dinosaur Feeding-Frenzy Slab. This unusual, large 20" x 14" slab of fossil teeth and bones is exactly as it was recovered from the late cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Normally these valuable fossils are just removed from the 65-70 million year old rock matrix and then cleaned and sold. In this rare grouping, all of the fossils have been left in place for study. There are several large pieces of bone from a Triceratops, including a 10" long, 4 ½" wide rib bone and another rib bone 6" long. There are two shed teeth from either a Nanotyrannus or a juvenile T-Rex; one is 1 12" long and the other is 1" only. A Nanotyrannus looked much like a miniature T-Rex and its teeth are virtually the same as those from a young T-Rex. Therefore, we can’t say for certain which dinosaur was responsible for feeding on the Triceratops, but shed teeth are commonly found with the bones of the prey dinosaur, as they would break off when the T-Rex was chomping on solid bones. The existence of a 1" long tooth from a Champosaur, which was something like a running crocodile, shows that more than one animal fed on the Triceratops. Add $75 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
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| Realized $1,093 |
