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Kem Kem Theropod Tooth ID


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Hi Everyone, I wondered if I could get a second opinion on this tooth I got hold of a few years ago from the Kem Kem beds. It was advertised as a 1.7" Carcharodontosaurus saharicus but it looks nothing like most of my other Carcharodontosaurus teeth. I've attached below some photos. It's very narrow both laterally as well as across it's width. The carinae are both central and straight with no real twist. The mesial count is 18/5mm and the distal is 13/5mm along the midline. I've sadly no more details on location apart from Kem Kem. Any help would be greatly appreciated but I recognise that isolated teeth from Kem Kem can be problematic. Thanks. Tom

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Does indeed look a bit slender for a Carcharodontosaurid.

 

Theropoda indet.

Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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3 minutes ago, TyBoy said:

Looks a lot like morph type 6 in Troodons post but agree does not look like Carch. 

  You're dead right - it does look very much like Morph Type 6

 

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Very nice tooth no matter what it is but doesn't appear to be carc so it should be labelled as theropoda indet.

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