UTAHRAPTOR CLAW - Dinosaur - Fossil - Jurassic Park

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This is your chance to own a piece of paleontological history with your very own cast of a killing claw from Utahraptor! This piece is cast in resin and is cast from a sculpture of a perfect Utahraptor killing claw (it measures 9” along the curve, and is 1” wide)! You will never find a real Utahraptor claw that costs anyw near this price, as they are too rare and unheard of in the fossil market! It measures 9&1/4” along the curve. History: It was Velociraptor that became the big star of the Jurassic Park films, but that animal owes its success to the Utahraptor. Though scrappy fossil remains were originally unearthed in the 1970’s, it wasn’t until the discovery of more bones in Moab , Utah that Utahraptor would be officially brought into the public’s eye. Discovered by paleontologist Dr. James Kirkland, Utahraptor (meaning “ Utah plunderer” or “ Utah thief”) turned out to be the largest known dromaeosaur of its kind. Dromaeosaurs (also commonly referred to as "the raptors"), are believed to share a common ancestor with birds, and also are the family to which Velociraptor belongs. During the filming of Jurassic Park , director Steven Spielberg received heat for making his Velociraptors 6 feet tall (they are only 2 ½ feet tall in reality). Up to then no member of the raptor family had come close to that tall—until Utahraptor came along! read more

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