0.8" Dromaeosaurid Raptor Serrated Tooth Fossil Cretaceous Dinosaur Certificate of Authenticity Free Display And online Shipping

Location: Taouz, Kem Kem Basin, Morocco

Weight: 0.3 Ounces

Tooth Dimensions: 0.8 Inches Long, 0.3 Inches Wide, 0.2 Inches Thick

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Possible Abelisaur

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Dromaeosaurid is a family of bird-like theropod dinosaurs. They were small- to medium-sized feathered carnivores that flourished in the Cretaceous Period. The name Dromaeosauridae means 'running lizards', from Greek dromeus meaning 'runner' and sauros meaning 'lizard'. In informal usage they are often called raptors, a term popularized online by the film Jurassic Park; a few types include the term "raptor" directly in their name and have come to emphasize their supposed bird-like habits. Dromaeosaurid fossils have been found in North America, Europe, Africa, Japan, China, Mongolia, Madagascar, Argentina, and Antarctica. They first appeared in the mid-Jurassic Period and survived until the end of the Cretaceous, existing for over 100 million years, up until the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The presence of dromaeosaurs as early as the Middle Jurassic has been confirmed by the discovery of isolated fossil teeth, though no dromaeosaurid body fossils have been found from this period.

These small teeth are almost universally referred to as raptor teeth. A paper analyzing isolated teeth from the Kem Kem beds came to the conclusion only some of these small theropod teeth can be attributed to an unidentified Dromaeosaur (true raptor) while many can be attributed to a yet-to-be-identified Abelisaur. The visual differences between the teeth they attributed to these two families of dinosaurs are very slight.

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