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3.5" Rooted Fossil Crocodile Tooth - Morocco
This is a 3.5" fossil crocodile tooth from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco. There are at least six genera known from the Kem-Kem and it is difficult to assign a taxonomic identification because some of the genera are not well described. The genus Elosuchus is the most likely candidate though.
This tooth has most of its root still attached. It has significant repair work and restoration.
This tooth has most of its root still attached. It has significant repair work and restoration.
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
Elosuchus sp?
LOCATION
Taouz, Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
3.5" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#141797
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