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An EXTRA LARGE, TOP QUALITY Nanotyrannus lancensis tooth from the western US. An October Fossil of the Month. This tooth measures 2-1/4" (straight line). The enamel is excellent quality. The posterior serrations are exceptional and anterior serrations are excellent. A wide tooth with an extra large rectangular base with a typical Nano "pinched rectangle" cross-section. Possibly two cracks stabilized. No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Lance Creek Fm., Niobrara Co., Wyoming. Authenticity guaranteed.  An excellent collector's BIG Nano tooth.  Note - a 3" x 4" display frame is included. You don't see 2"+ Nano teeth very often!

DN01 BoP3        SIZE: 2-1/4"   (Base: 13/16" x 1/2")

Note - Adding 18 Nanotyrannus teeth in October 2021  ->  Link to Nano Teeth

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"The Color Collection - North of the River"  An EXTRA LARGE, TOP QUALITY, upper jaw anterior Isurus planus tooth from the Sharktooth Hill area, California. This tooth is displayed on its original Round Mountain silt matrix along with a Hastalis tooth. Beautiful white crown with an excellent tan colored root. The whitest natural color you can get at Sharktooth Hill. Excellent preservation. A Middle Miocene age tooth. Incredible color!  An excellent collector's Mako tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. This is a great display piece from the Ernst Slow Bend Quarry.

ST302M            SIZE: 1-15/16"  (plus a 1-1/8" Hastalis)

Note - Adding 34 colorful Isurus planus teeth in January 2022.  -->  Link to Isurus planus teeth.

Note - Adding 12 Sharktooth Hill display pieces in Feb. 2022.    Link to STH Display Items

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The September 2015 "Fossil Shark Tooth of the Month" is an ultra rare, EXTRA LARGE, GEM Carcharocles auriculatus from the copper-red site in North Carolina. This a biggest top quality Anterior Auriculatus tooth tooth that I have seen from the copper-red site. The finest RED colored crown. The enamel is the highest possible quality. Extremely rare size. The serrations and tip are incredible - one serration damaged! A gorgeous North Carolina copper-red Auriculatus shark tooth, and an exceptional collector's tooth. Note - you rarely see a copper-red Auriculatus shark tooth that has a top quality crown, root and serrations - a top 1% tooth from this site! Museum quality. NO repair! The BEST of the BEST! NC102 SIZE: 3-3/4" Learn More

A rare Top Quality fossil Giant Beaver incisor tooth (Castoroides leiseyorum) from northern Florida. The Giant Beavers grew to 6 to 8 feet in length and could weigh 500 lbs. Pleistocene age. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You can own a rare and wonderful story piece from the Ice Age! 

Name: Castoroides leiseyorum     Age: Late Pleistocene     

Location: Northen Florida

X763             SIZE: 2-1/2"   (3/4" Wide)

Note: Adding 9 Ice Age / Pleistocene mammal fossils in March 2023.    Link -> Ice Age Fossils - Other

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A rare Top Quality fossil Giant Beaver incisor tooth (Castoroides leiseyorum) from northern Florida. The Giant Beavers grew to 6 to 8 feet in length and could weigh 500 lbs. Pleistocene age. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You can own a rare and wonderful story piece from the Ice Age! 

Name: Castoroides leiseyorum     Age: Late Pleistocene     

Location: Northen Florida

X762             SIZE: 3-1/4"   (5/8" Wide)

Note: Adding 9 Ice Age / Pleistocene mammal fossils in March 2023.    Link -> Ice Age Fossils - Other

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The Kolbay Collection. A Top Quality Hispidaspis lasuri tooth from Kolbay, W. Kazakhstan. An anterior tooth. Note - This species is known for their multiple, highly irregular side cusps which can cover the entire root shoulder and the base of the crown. Very strange! Great color and condition. An excellent Middle Cretaceous (U. Albian - 102 MYA) age tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You will enjoy the quality of the Kazakh teeth. A special piece from an old collection. Only one specimen.

K1435        SIZE: 1-3/8"

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The Kolbay Collection. A Top Quality Hispidaspis lasuri tooth from Kolbay, W. Kazakhstan. An anterior tooth. Note - This species is known for their multiple, highly irregular side cusps which can cover the entire root shoulder and the base of the crown. Very strange! Great color and condition. An excellent Middle Cretaceous (U. Albian - 102 MYA) age tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You will enjoy the quality of the Kazakh teeth. A special piece from an old collection. Only one specimen.

K1434        SIZE: 1-7/16"

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A LARGE, Top Quality fossil Dire Wolf canine (Canis dirus) from northern Florida. A March Fossil of the Month. These large wolves evolved in the Pleistocene and went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene in North America. A near perfect tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You can own a rare and wonderful story piece from the Ice Age! The BEST! 

Name: Canis dirus     Age: Late Pleistocene     

Location: Northen Florida

X805          SIZE: 2-1/8"

Note - Posting 26 mammal and reptile fossils in March 2024.  Link to Wolf Fossils

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A Top Quality, upper jaw Notorynchus primigenius, Seven-gill Cow shark, tooth from Ungoza, Kazakhstan. An Oligocene (Rupelian) Cow shark. Kazakh N. primigenius teeth are quite rare and excellent examples are hard to locate. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A near Perfect tooth. One of the finest localities for Oligocene age shark teeth!

K454           SIZE: 11/16"

Note - Adding 30 Kazakh Notorhynchus teeth in April 2022.    Kazakhstan Notorhynchus Catalog

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A Top Quality , 5" ULTRA RARE Caribbean Megalodon tooth - a lower jaw ANTERIOR tooth. This Megalodon tooth has an incredible very light creamy tan colored crown with interesting light charcoal gray patterning. Highest quality enamel with no hydration cracks. The Caribbean Megalodon teeth consistently offer the closest to white colored enamel. Fantastic color! The bourlette is large and essentially perfect. The serrations are razor sharp including a worn tip serration. Excellent serrations! The root is an excellent creamy tan color with no hydration cracks.Great symmetry. Note - there was a 1/4" strip of the serrations on the left side of the tooth saw cut near the base and it was professionally restored. The damaged area was restricted to the edge and a piece of bourlette. This Megalodon was found in a limestone quarry in the Caribbean (Miocene age). This is an incredible Caribbean Meg tooth. A fine example of an ultra rare Caribbean Megalodon tooth, and an excellent collector's rare Megalodon tooth! Note - The limestone is sawed into thin blocks for extraction which totally destroys 99%+ of these Megalodon teeth. 

CA02       SIZE: 5" 

Note - Three Caribbean Megalodon teeth posted in August 2022.  Link to Caribbean Megalodon teeth.

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A GEM Quality, rare Triceratops horridus upper beak (rostal) from the late Cretaceous of northern North America. A July Fossil of the Month. Triceratops was a large ceratopsian dinosaur found in the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations which is know for three horns and a large frill protecting its neck. This juvenile upper beak has exceptional detail preserved and great color / patina. Complete specimen. Note - Triceratops has a beak formed by this upper rostal bone and the lower predentary bone. No repair or restoration. 100% natural specimen. Legally collected on private land in Powder River Co., Montana. Authenticity guaranteed. You rarely see these upper beaks and this one is exceptional.

DC22  BoP       SIZE: 2-1/8" Wide x 1-3/4" Length

Note - Adding 20 new Triceratops fossils in July 2022.       Link to Triceratops fossils catalog

 

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A rare Top Quality, lower jaw Notorynchus sp., Seven-gill Cow shark, tooth from Katchar, Kazakhstan. An unusual undescribed Eocene (Priabonian) Cow shark species. Kazakh N. species teeth are quite rare and excellent examples are hard to locate. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A near Perfect tooth. One of the finest localities for Eocene age shark teeth!

K452           SIZE: 3/8"

Note - Adding 30 Kazakh Notorhynchus teeth in April 2022.    Kazakhstan Notorhynchus Catalog

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