Abelisaur Dinosaur Tooth #AB11

Description

An abelisaur dinosaur tooth. 

Abelisaurs were a group of carnivorous dinosaurs. They were recognisable by their extremely small forelimbs, short deep faces, small sharp teeth and powerful muscular hind limbs. 

This tooth comes from an as yet undescribed Abelisaur from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco.  Such teeth are often mislabelled 'raptor' or 'dromaeosaur', but the evidence for the existence of dromaeosaurs in Kem Kem is quite scarce. 

Current evidence suggests there are probably two Abelisaur's found in the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco, one mid sized and one large, but neither have been named.  An Abelisaur (Rugops primus) has been named from the Echkar Formation of Niger, a formation of similar age to the Kem Kem Beds, but there's not enough fossil evidence to say whether this same Abelisaur is found in Kem Kem.  Therefore this tooth has been labelled Abelisaur indet. 

A nice tooth with some strange wear to the distal edge, I'm not sure if it's natural feeding wear or a break.  Also features a repair. Comes labelled and stored in an acrylic case with padding.

Condition: Good

Size: 22mm

Age: 95 Million Years