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Serrated, 1.22" Theropod Tooth - Kem Kem Beds, Morocco
This is a serrated tooth of an unidentified theropod dinosaur from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco. It has wonderful, dark red enamel and fine serrations. There is a repaired crack in the middle of the tooth.
The Kem Kem Group is famous for yielding a diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage, including fish, reptiles, and dinosaurs such as Spinosaurus. These fossils are found in a thin bed that outcrops around the edge of a large plateau near Taouz, Morocco. Local miners collect these fossils by digging narrow tunnels by hand into this plateau, following the layer.
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
SPECIES
Unidentified Theropod
LOCATION
Taouz, Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
1.22" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#178494
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