akazaran Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 This is a 11 cm long claw (13cm along the curve) found in the Hell Creek formation. I dont have much informations about it. Apparently there is some slight restauration on one side but not on the tip. Does anyone have an idea about the ID? Thanks for helping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Acheroraptor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan from PA Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) Looks like an Anzu Wyliei hand claw to me. Beautiful claw! Congrats! Edited April 19, 2016 by Susan from PA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Looks like an Anzu Wyliei hand claw to me. Beautiful claw! Congrats! I agree. The size of it takes off a dromeosaur and this claw isn't fat enough to be Rex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) For comparative reason, here is the manual ungual I of specimen CM 7800 from the collections of the Section of Vertebrate Paleontology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History : A New Large-Bodied Oviraptorosaurian Theropod Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of Western North America - Matthew C. Lamanna et al.http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092022.PDF Some nice examples are presented here : http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57267-my-jurassic-park/ Edited April 19, 2016 by abyssunder 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 No question it's an Anzu wylieI hand claw and with the curvature it's most likely Digit #1. Very nice claw. Most are found with some compression because of the thinness coupled with size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Acheroraptor? Just an FYI. Acheroraptor was a very small dromaeosaurid estimated to be just 3m long. So it's hand claws would be small and gracile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akazaran Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Thansk fo all your hindsights. I was also thinking about Anzu. Just to be clear, I dont own this specimen. It s available for sale on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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