Name: Deltadromeus agilis
Age: Middle Cretaceous, Albian Stage
Size: (25.4mm=1 inch): 40 mm diagonal length, 13 mm base width.
Location: South of Taouz in the Kem-Kem Basin of Morocco
Code: DC001
Price: $375.00 - Sold
 Description:
This is a fine example of a manual ungual (forefoot claw) from the
dinosaur Deltadromaeus agilis coming from the Middle 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 was
discovered in this same region by Gabrielle Lyon, wife of University
of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno in 1995. While the popularity
of Jurassic Park leads some to use the term "raptor" for
this taxon, the term has no taxonomic value. |
