Dinosaur teeth are one of the most collected of all fossils. Why?

Take a raptor for instance; the raptor had two sickle claws for their entire life.  However, they had many dinosaur teeth during their lifetime because of tooth shed. So which fossil are paleontologists more likely to find million of years later?

Yes, the dinosaur tooth!

What can be learned from examining a dinosaur tooth?

As teeth wore down, new teeth grew to replace them. Paleontologists can learn a lot from the size of a dinosaur’s skull and its teeth. If the skull has powerful jaws and long, sharp teeth, then the dinosaur was most probably a carnivore, a meat-eater. The teeth would have been used to rip apart meat. Wide, flat teeth with ridges indicate that the dinosaur was a herbivore, a plant-eater. These teeth would have been used to mash and grind tough vegetation.

Images =====> Spinosaurus Tooth (Carnivore)  / Triceratops Tooth (Herbivore)