.62" Diplodocus Tooth in Matrix - Skull Creek Quarry

This is a .62" long tooth of the massive sauropod dinosaur, Diplodocus. It comes from a private quarry in the Morrison Formation just outside of Dinosaur, CO. Diplodocus teeth are a relatively rare occurrence the quarry. This tooth has great preservation and has been left partially in the matrix. Really nice glossy enamel.

One of the best-known sauropods, Diplodocus was a very large long-necked quadrupedal animal, with a long, whip-like tail. It could reach up to 115 feet in length but had a relatively small skull, and a mouth full of small peg-like teeth it

This tooth comes from what is being called the "Salt & Pepper Layer" at the Skull Creek Quarry, near Dinosaur. Colorado. Within the past several years this quarry has produced articulated remains of several types of dinosaurs including large theropods, sauropods and Ornithischia. There is a 1 1/2 meter thick layer in the quarry, probably representing a river bottom that produces many isolated teeth and tumbled bone fragments. There are far fewer commercial quarries operating in the Morrison Formation that the Cretaceous aged Hell Creek Formation so material is much more rare and sought after by collectors.

This quarry is the site of the "Elvis" Torvosaurus find.