My Jurassic Park: Moroccan Theropod Claws

[Troodon]

35 minutes ago, hxmendoza said:

Great claws!!!

Thanks

 

36 minutes ago, hxmendoza said:

 

@Troodon is there a groove on the ventral surface of this foot claw?

 

There is a dimple and its very similar to Spino claws and that's where Im leaning.

 

[hxmendoza]

1 hour ago, Troodon said:

Thanks

 

There is a dimple and its very similar to Spino claws and that's where Im leaning.

 

 

Thanks for the pics. I agree with your Spino claw ID. 

[Troodon]

I've had this foot claw for quite some time and was rearranging some boxes and found it in one of them.   The seller initially had a "carpal" attached to it, so lots of matrix and glue, typical of Moroccan composite claw with digit.  I had put it aside and just forgot about it.  Took some time but was able to clean it up.   Looks all real.

 

If you needed a smoking gun to say Dromaeosaurids were present in the Kem Kem this claw is that.   The morphology is similar to my dromaeosaurid claws from North America

 

 

 

 

[Troodon]

I've had this claw for about 10 years and finally believe I have its owner.  Its most likely a Carcharodontosaurid hand claw probably Digit I.

 

I base my assignment on the recently described Carcharodontosaurid from Argentina Meraxes gigas (Canale at al. 2022) which was discovered with hand claws.