Deltadromaeus agilis
Geologic Time: Middle Cretaceous, Albian Stage
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Dinosaur tooth is 45 mm diagonal length, 18 mm base width.
Fossil Site: Kem-Kem Basin, South of Taouz, Morocco
Fossil Code: DT007
Price: Sold
 Description:
This is a fine example of a tooth from the dinosaur Deltadromaeus
agilis
coming from the Middle Cretaceous Albian Stage deposits of the
Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco. Notice the fine serrations present which
attest to the meat eating habits of this dinosaur that reached
7 meters in length. Since all dinosaurs are not hatched fully grown,
all teeth found will not be of the fully-grown specimens. Indeed,
one would expect many to be smaller teeth since the smaller animals
would have been more prevalent. This dinosaur was discovered in
this same region by Gabrielle Lyon, wife of University of Chicago
paleontologist Paul Sereno in 1995. The thin cross section shows
this dinosaur was more prone to stripping meat from the bones,
rather than the bone crusher that T rex is thought to have been. |
