Pterygotus Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hello everyone. I saw this tooth being sold that was labeled as indeterminate, dinosaur tooth which is Moroccan and is 1.6cm. Does anyone have any suggestions or know what species it could be? Thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 Here are some more pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Abelsauirdae indet 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Abelisauridae indet. from the Kem Kem Compound Assemblage. Cenomanian in age (100,5-93,9 mya). I've never seen this coloration on a Kem Kem tooth. No Abelisaurids are described yet from this location. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 58 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: Abelisauridae indet. from the Kem Kem Compound Assemblage. Cenomanian in age (100,5-93,9 mya). I've never seen this coloration on a Kem Kem tooth. No Abelisaurids are described yet from this location. Does that mean it’s fake? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just now, Pterygotus said: Does that mean it’s fake? No, it's a real tooth and it's a beautifel one too in my opinion. It's just no Abelisaurids are officialy described in the Kem Kem beds. They are found there but you can't give them an scientific name until they are described. Even when there is an Abelisaurid described it will probably still just be Abelisauridae indet. since there is evidence of at least two different Abelisaurids. The most correct (current) determination is Abelisauridae indet. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 16 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: No, it's a real tooth and it's a beautifel one too in my opinion. It's just no Abelisaurids are officialy described in the Kem Kem beds. They are found there but you can't give them an scientific name until they are described. Even when there is an Abelisaurid described it will probably still just be Abelisauridae indet. since there is evidence of at least two different Abelisaurids. The most correct (current) determination is Abelisauridae indet. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinoguy89 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Beautiful tooth and as most have said it's Abelsauirdae, nice colours to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 That’s a really unique tooth I’ve never seen one with those colourations. it reminds me of one of my baryonyx teeth with those weird colours Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 As others have stated, the color is amazing and the crazing really adds to its beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Sorry, it was described as raptor tooth but I doubt that makes any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wightlight Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 56 minutes ago, Pterygotus said: Sorry, it was described as raptor tooth but I doubt that makes any difference. It's done quite often by dealers. Raptor sounds (and probably sells) better than unknown Abelisaurid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBoy Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Wightlight said: It's done quite often by dealers. Raptor sounds (and probably sells) better than unknown Abelisaurid Raptor its not and its also less of an unknown because there is no dinosaur family associated with it but does sound better to the uneducated dino collector. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Nice tooth indeed did you purchase it? It has great hues . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Nice tooth. I have a couple that colour, mine are very small 2 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 01/02/2019 at 1:50 PM, Bobby Rico said: Nice tooth indeed did you purchase it? It has great hues . Yes, I did and it’s a very nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_sea_urchin Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 31/01/2019 at 7:19 PM, Pterygotus said: Hello everyone. I saw this tooth being sold that was labeled as indeterminate, dinosaur tooth which is Moroccan and is 1.6cm. Does anyone have any suggestions or know what species it could be? Thanks. Awesome Tooth! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, fossil_sea_urchin said: Awesome Tooth! Thanks. I like it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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