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2.8" Fossil Theropod Dorsal Vertebra Section - Morocco
This is a 2.8" wide fossil theropod dorsal vertebra from the Kem Kem Beds, Morocco.
This specimen is the centrum (body of the vertebra), missing the vertebral arch and processes. There is wear to one end of the bone possibly from being exposed on the surface. This specimen is likely from near the neck of the individual.
This specimen is the centrum (body of the vertebra), missing the vertebral arch and processes. There is wear to one end of the bone possibly from being exposed on the surface. This specimen is likely from near the neck of the individual.
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
One of the tunnels dug into the Kem Kem beds by local miners following the productive fossil beds.
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
One of the tunnels dug into the Kem Kem beds by local miners following the productive fossil beds.
SPECIES
Unidentified Theropod
AGE
LOCATION
Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
2.8 x 1.7"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#113624
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