RARE RAPTOR TOOTH. ...

Description

RARE RAPTOR TOOTH

Deltadromeosaurus agilis
Cretaceous, Maastrichtian stage
Kem-Kem Basin, near Taouz, K'Sar es Souk Province, Morocco
This tooth is literally sharp enough to cut meat and possibly even to shave with. It has lovely bird-egg type enamel and is extremely large for any type of raptor tooth, measuring an imposing 1⅜ inches in length. Deltadromeous was a long slender carnivore, swift and deadly, whose remains have been found along with Carcahrodontosaurus and Spinosaurus in the continental sandstone deposits of Saharan Morocco. This exceptional specimen has required no restoration.

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