2 3/8 Inch Trex Tooth
Necklace
With Great Serrations
(Replica 409)
cast in
solid resin
Between 68 and 66 million years ago, a hulking Tyrannosaurus rex chomped into a fresh carcass. As the giant meat-eater's teeth ripped flesh from bone, this small tooth broke loose and fell to the ground to be fossilized and then cast millions of years later.
Tyrannosaurus rex commonly
lost teeth like this one in a process we call "shedding." These teeth
are usually found apart from skeletons, often near a plant eating dinosaur
carcass that served as a feast for the giant Cretaceous predator.
Yes,
T-rex teeth were big and strong, but they did break them while feeding and
crushing the bones of other dinosaurs. These broken teeth are called shed
teeth. Fortunately, when a tooth was broken or shed it was slowly replaced by
another tooth growing out of the jaw. Its teeth were also serrated just like a
steak knife or shark tooth. T-rex had a variety of sizes of teeth, from only 1
inch above the gum line to 15 inches including the root. T-rex was up to 12
feet tall at the hip, 40 feet long, & weighed up to 11 tons. Most specimens
have been found in the western United States and Canada. They were the dominant
predator of the upper Cretaceous Age 68-66 million years ago. Authentic T-rex
teeth can sell for over $1000 per inch.