2.25 " Carcharodontosaurus Tooth Red Flag

[Troodon]

Just posted on our favorite auction site is a:

2.25 inch CARCHARODONTOSAURUS Dinosaur tooth, with root.

Here we have a tooth that has strong indications that the root has either been heavily restored or completely fabricated. I tend to lean toward the latter. The tooth is only 1 inch.

The sellers description includes the following:

"Like most fossilized dinosaur teeth, this tooth shows some repair or restoration work done on it."

I share this and the previous Spinosaurus post has good examples of Moroccan artwork that can fool or mislead novice collectors.

[joel77520]

Thanks for the info.

[FossilDudeCO]

oh wow, that "root" is rough.

Would this fossil be salvagable? Say...taking the "root" off?