Protoceratops — Tooth
A single shearing blade from a Gobi browser.
A cast of one tooth, an inch and a half in scale, drawn from the tightly packed batteries that lined this herbivore's jaws. The leaf-shaped crown and worn shearing edge speak to a diet of tough, fibrous Cretaceous vegetation.
Cast and hand-toned to read as a small relic, it suits a vitrine, a shelf, or a collector's desk.
Protoceratops sliced rather than ground its food, using rows of teeth that met like the blades of shears.
Its teeth sat behind a sharp, toothless beak that cropped vegetation before it passed back to the cutting batteries.
Continuous tooth replacement kept the cutting surfaces effective throughout the animal's life.
Protoceratops — Tooth
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