4.4" Partial Theropod Dinosaur Ilium - Kem Kem Beds, Morocco

This is a 4.4" section of fossil theropod Ilium from the Kem Kem Beds, Morocco.
The ilium is part of the pelvis. This specimen is the part that attaches to the sacrum and would have an identical counterpart on the other side. It is missing one of the attachments point for the pubis but is in excellent condition. The deep, relatively sharp sutures indicate that this ilium is from a juvenile.

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.
One of the tunnels dug into the Kem Kem beds by local miners following the productive fossil beds.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Unidentified Theropod
LOCATION
Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
4.4 x 3.2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#110174
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