Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Fragment - Authentic Hell Creek Fossil Specimen

Hold a Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Fragment From Hell Creek

This Tyrannosaurus rex tooth fragment is a piece of the most famous predator tooth in natural history. It was recovered on private land in the Hell Creek Formation. It is not a cast.

Product Details

• SKU: 80-112-0057-201-36
• Specimen: Fossil tooth piece from Tyrannosaurus rex
• Origin: Hell Creek Formation, recovered on private land
• Age: Late Cretaceous
• Display: Glass-topped riker case, 4.5 in x 3.5 in
• Includes: Information card that serves as the certificate of authenticity
• Note: Size and shape vary. Each T. rex tooth fragment is unique.

The Tooth of a Tyrant

Tyrannosaurus rex reached about 12 m (40 ft) in length. Its teeth were thick and built to punch through bone. A Tyrannosaurus rex tooth fragment preserves a sliver of that dentition.

Every tooth is a record of a single bite from the end of the dinosaur age.

The Hell Creek Formation

Hell Creek is a Late Cretaceous rock unit of the northern Great Plains. The Smithsonian holds a T. rex tooth crown from Hell Creek in South Dakota, dated to the Maastrichtian. Hell Creek fossil beds are among the best known for the last dinosaurs.

Shelve it with pieces from our Prehistoric Collection and Authentic Fossil Specimens.

Display and Care

Keep the case closed and out of direct sun. Treat this Hell Creek fossil as brittle and avoid handling it directly.

About Tyrannosaurus rex

T. rex belongs to the tyrannosaurids, a lineage that spans about 80 million years. It lived near the end of the Cretaceous in western North America.

For More Reading from the Web

• See a Hell Creek T. rex tooth in the Smithsonian's paleobiology collection. Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 - Smithsonian
• Read the supplier's page on this specimen. Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Fragment - Mini Museum