Immense Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Foot Claw

Description: This is a fine example of a pedal ungual (foot claw) from the dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus saharicus coming from the Lower Cretaceous Albian Stage deposits of the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco. Claws are far less commonly found than teeth; indeed, while I have seen literally hundreds of teeth of this dinosaur offered, only a literal handful of claws are available.

In life, the claw would have been covered in a horny sheath which would have made it at least a third larger. This dinosaur that is thought to have rivaled T rex in size. I have included a photo with another claw listed as Ornithomimid which is very similar in structure but far smaller. This is a fine example of a claw from what some erroneously refer to as the “African T-rex”.