20370 - Nicely Preserved Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth IN CATAWIKI AUCTION NOW Aragonite Lasnamagi Regional Stage

Lasnamagi Regional Stage

Great collection of 20 specimens

also named for the town in which it landed (Goalpara

Permineralization is a process of fossilization in which mineral deposits form internal casts of organisms

Massive and partially rooted

20370 - Nicely Preserved Afrovenator abakensis Megalosaurid Dinosaur Tooth IN CATAWIKI AUCTION NOW Aragonite Lasnamagi Regional StageScientific name: Afrovenator abakensis, Sereno et al. 1994. Megalosaurid Location: Tiouraren Hill, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Tiouraren Fm Age: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian stage ( 167 million years) Size (long): 3 cm REF.: 20370 DESCRIPTION: Afrovenator ("African hunter") is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of northern Africa. The remains of Afrovenator were discovered in 1993 in the Tiourarn