T245 - Kryptops palaios Abelisaurid Theropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Brachiopods Metallic Fe-Ni (iron-nickel) and Fe-bearing

Metallic Fe-Ni (iron-nickel) and Fe-bearing sulfide minerals contain nearly all of the iron in this type of meteorite

as well as sifting through detritus (inferred from its lack of jaws and inability to bite)

K/T Boundary Sample Latest Cretaceous Trochu Canada Dinosaur Extinction

Lithic clasts include basaltic and impact melt types

and collections ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies

T245 - Kryptops palaios Abelisaurid Theropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Brachiopods Metallic Fe-Ni (iron-nickel) and Fe-bearingScientific name: Kryptops palaios, (Sereno & Brusatte, 2008) Abelisaurid theropod Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 2. 4cm = 0. 94 Inch REF.: T245 DESCRIPTION: Kryptops is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. It is known from a partial skeleton found at the Gadoufaoua locality in the western Tnr