Dinosaur tooth
Fossil
About it
Meat-eaters had curved, blade-like teeth with serrated edges; plant-eaters like hadrosaurs had small leaf- or diamond-shaped grinding teeth. Montana's Hell Creek and Morocco's Kem Kem beds supply most; restored teeth are common.
- Type
- Fossil (vertebrate)
- Group
- Dinosaur (reptile)
- Colours
- brown, black, grey, tan
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Jurassic, Cretaceous
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.