JS19 - Kryptops palaios Abelisaurid Theropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Vinctifer comptoni Diagnosis: Small mosasaurid (adult total

Diagnosis: Small mosasaurid (adult total length 3

Observations:

Subtaxa: Tropidocoryphe amuri

Zincite’s hardness is rated at 4 on the Moh’s scale of mineral hardness

Teeth heavy with smooth enamel surfaces

JS19 - Kryptops palaios Abelisaurid Theropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Vinctifer comptoni Diagnosis: Small mosasaurid (adult totalScientific 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): 3. 4cm = 1. 36 Inch REF.: JS19 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