5.5 Inch Tyrannosaurus rex Dinosaur Shed or Broken Tooth (replica 107)

Description

5.5 Inch Tyrannosaurus rex
Shed or Broken Tooth
(replica 107)
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 large 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 00 per inch.
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