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1.5" Cretaceous Fossil Crocodile Tooth - Morocco
This is a 1.5", Cretaceous aged, fossil tooth of an unidentified crocodile from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco. It is in good condition with wear at the tip, probably due to feeding behavior. There is some missing..
This tooth has morphology consistent with the giant crocodile, Sarcosuchus. It would be tempting to assign this tooth to such an iconic genus, but scientific information about the existence of Sarcosuchus in the Kem Kem Beds is scarce. There is only one described example of it from this area.
This tooth has morphology consistent with the giant crocodile, Sarcosuchus. It would be tempting to assign this tooth to such an iconic genus, but scientific information about the existence of Sarcosuchus in the Kem Kem Beds is scarce. There is only one described example of it from this area.
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
Unknown Crocodile
LOCATION
Taouz, Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
1.5" long
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#117947
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