05147 - Top Serrated 0.43 Inch Dromaeosaur Raptor Tooth Cretaceous KemKem Beds Squalicorax Campanian and Maastrichtian mosasaurid reptiles

Campanian and Maastrichtian mosasaurid reptiles from central Poland Marcin Machalski

Sister taxa: Arduennella

Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P

two carinae and enamel ornamented by minute ridges

Extremely rare species

05147 - Top Serrated 0.43 Inch Dromaeosaur Raptor Tooth Cretaceous KemKem Beds Squalicorax Campanian and Maastrichtian mosasaurid reptilesThis tooth represents a perfect example of the dentition features typical of the small theropods (raptors) that dominated the ecosystems of the Upper Cretaceous in the north of Africa. In general this type of teeth have usually a small size. The teeth with strong and vivid fossilization colors such as red, orange and black come from small paleochannels composed by thin layers, in the intermediate and upper stratigraphic levels (Red Sandstone Beds),