T167 - Top Rare Ornithocheirid Pterosaur Tooth - Lower Cretaceous - Elrhaz Fm Eucrite Bumastus graftonensis
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Bumastus graftonensis
• Carboniferous of Germany (1)
• Jurassic of India (1)
This is 1 of 117 approved meteorites classified as EL6
Preserve seven of his huge teeth
T167 - Top Rare Ornithocheirid Pterosaur Tooth - Lower Cretaceous - Elrhaz Fm Eucrite Bumastus graftonensisScientific name: Ornithocheirid (Probably Ornithocheirus simus, (Owen, 1861) Pterosaur Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 3. 3cm = 1. 29 Inch REF.: T167 DESCRIPTION: Ornithocheirus simus, is only known from fragmentary jaw tips. It bore a distinctive convex "keeled" crest on its snout similar to its relatives. Ornithocheirus had