07281 - Nice Partial 1.52 Inch Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth KemKem Mosasaur Skulls & Skeletons able to swim as well
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
able to swim as well as walk on land
Widmanstätten pattern not evident in the small sections studied
It is a fragment of the left hemi-jaw of a new species of Pseudosuchia (Dog-faced crocodile)
-Prognathodon anceps (Leiodon anceps)
American Museum Novitates 3379:1-20
07281 - Nice Partial 1.52 Inch Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth KemKem Mosasaur Skulls & Skeletons able to swim as wellThis tooth is fractured. But this fracture is an old fracture due to its color and texture. Carcharodontosaurus teeth are relatively easy to find in the North African Cretaceous sites. However, its excellent preservation is something much more difficult to find. 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