Spinosaurus Tooth - Fossil Specimen

Locality: Kem Kem Beds, near Taouz, Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Sahara Desert, Morocco

Era: Mesozoic
Geological Age: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian 100.5 to 93.9 mya

The Kem Kem beds form desert cliffs in the Moroccan Sahara. In the Cretaceous the area was part of a large river system, home to large sharks, coelacanths, lungfish and crocodile-like animals, along with giant flying reptiles and predatory dinosaurs.

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus was named in 1915 by the German palaeontologist Ernst Stromer, from a partial skeleton that the collector Richard Markgraf found in 1912 in the Bahariya Oasis of western Egypt. That skeleton was the only indisputable specimen of the species. It was destroyed on the night of 24–25 April 1944, when a bombing raid on Munich hit the museum that housed it, and only Stromer's notes, drawings and photographs survived.

Nearly a century later, Nizar Ibrahim and colleagues described a new partial Spinosaurus skeleton from the Kem Kem beds of southeastern Morocco, published in Science in September 2014. Comparing it with Stromer's surviving records, they concluded that Spinosaurus was at least partly aquatic, the first dinosaur known with such adaptations. Its nostrils sat far back on the skull, its hindlimbs were short, and its limb bones were solid, which would have helped with buoyancy control in water.

This one of a kind Spinosaurus tooth fossil specimen has a long, narrow profile with a dark brown crown that tapers to a clean point. The upper portion transitions into a pale tan to sandy root section with heavy natural matrix still attached. The contrast between the darker enamel and the lighter fossilized root gives the tooth a clear, easy-to-read shape, and the base remains naturally broken rather than overly prepared.

This specimen has a slimmer look than some of the thicker Moroccan teeth, with a gradual taper and a slightly curved side profile. The enamel-bearing section is still well defined, while the root area shows rough fossil texture, attached sediment, and patchy preservation from the burial environment. It has a strong display silhouette because the tip is intact and the overall form remains complete enough to read immediately as a Spinosaurus tooth.

Pieces like this are often chosen for their symbolism as much as their science. A tooth like this tends to appeal to people who are drawn to resilience, strength, and a direct link to deep time. It has a grounded, natural look that gives it a strong presence without needing any polishing or alteration.

Quantity: 1pc

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