Extremely Rare Marshosaurus Tooth - Dana Quarry

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Skull cast of Marshosaurus at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Skull cast of Marshosaurus at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
another beautiful and extremely rare dinosaur tooth offering from the Dana Quarry of Wyoming. There have only been a few Marshosaurus teeth found over the past several digging seasons at the quarry and this is the best one that was made available for sale. It's 1.25 inches in length and beautifully preserved with great serrations. There is two small repaired cracks and a small amount of enamel restoration along the base of the tooth on one side. You simply won't see another tooth like this for sale.

This tooth has been prepared and identified by one of the top dinosaur preparation labs in the country. The preparator who ID'd the tooth also did work with the original Marshosaurus holotype specimen.

The tooth comes from the famous Dana Quarry in Wyoming which has produced complete dinosaurs skeletons on display at many of the worlds top museums. There is far less dinosaur material available from the Morrison formation than Cretaceous aged formation such as the Hell Creek Formation. This is due to the relatively small number of commercial quarries in operation and makes the any teeth and bones highly collectable.

Marshosaurus is a genus of medium-sized Megalosaur from the Late Jurassic, Morrison Formation. In 2010, Gregory S. Paul estimated its length at 4.5 meters (15 feet) and its weight at 200 kilograms (440 pounds). It is one of the rarer theropods in the Morrison Formation: only a single partial specimen has ever been recovered.

An artist's reconstruction of Marshosaurus,  by Danny Cicchett. Creative Commons License
An artist's reconstruction of Marshosaurus, by Danny Cicchett. Creative Commons License

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SPECIES
Marshosaurus bicentesimus
LOCATION
Dana Quarry, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
FORMATION
Morrison Formation
SIZE
1.25"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#1684
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