MONTANA, USA

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THE TOE CLAW OF A TYRANNOSAURUS-REX
MONTANA, USA
From the Hell Creek Formation, Maastrichtian, late Cretaceous (67-66 million years ago) the well preserved 4 ¼-inch hallux claw a Tyrannosaurus rex, on custom stand.
5in. (13cm.) high on stand.

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Lot Essay

The most famous and iconic of all dinosaur species, the T-rex was first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905 from a skeleton found in 1902 from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Standing over 13ft tall and 40ft long, the T-rex was the top predator of the late Cretaceous, and amongst the last dinosaurs to walk the earth before their mass extinction.

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