ID Moroccan herbivore claw

[Pachycep]

Hi everyone, 

 

I recently stumbled upon a dinosaur claw from the Kem Kem formation in Morocco. It dates to the Late Cretaceous.

By the flat bottom and lack of a sharp point it clearly belonged to a herbivore.

I am aware that there is very little documentation on fossils from this area, especially wen it comes to herbivores. 

Yet I was wondering of someone might know to what (general) species or family this claw could belong. Similar claws from other geographical areas are more then welcome as well for reference.

Note: the scale bar in the photo is in centimeters, meaning the claw is about 3 inches. 

Edited December 5, 2022 by Pachycep

[Troodon]

First the Kem Kem is not a formation but a deposit in a Basin in southeast Morocco.  There is a Kem Kem Group which is a composed of about 6 different Formations depending on where they are in that Basin.

 

I do not believe what you have is a claw but a broken process of a vertebra.  They can be large.  A claw would also have a blood groove on either side, lacking in your specimen,,

 

 

[Troodon]

I go collecting in a hadrosaur bonebed in the Hell Creek and we see these quite often.  They easily break off a vertebra in active water like whats in the KK.

 

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