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2.4" Fossil Theropod Dinosaur Caudal Vertebra - Morocco
This is a 2.4" long caudal vertebra of a theropod (raptor) dinosaur. It comes from the Late Cretaceous, Kem Kem Beds of Morocco, home to the meat eating giants, Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus. There are remnants of each process, however the distal ends of each process are broken. There are repaired cracks through the vertebra.
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The Kem Kem Group is famous for yielding a diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage, including fish, reptiles, and dinosaurs such as Spinosaurus. These fossils are found in a thin bed that outcrops around the edge of a large plateau near Taouz, Morocco. Local miners collect these fossils by digging narrow tunnels by hand into this plateau, following the layer.
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
SPECIES
Unidentified Raptor
LOCATION
Taouz, Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
2.4" long, 1.3" tall
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#144826
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