Carcharodontosaurus tooth - 1.4 inch

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Length 1.4 inches 35.5mm

Date Obtained  February 2020

Location Kem Kem beds, Begga, Morocco

Age 96 million years, Cenomanian, Cretaceous

This Carcharodontosaurus tooth features remarkable feeding wear as well as good enamel, with most of the serrations still being present. It would make a great addition to a beginner's collection or a young person's collection, or for anyone who just wants to own a real dinosaur tooth.

It is currently being debated whether there are one or two species of carcharodontosaurus in the Kem Kem Beds. The possible second species, Sauroniops pachytholus, is known only from a skull fragment, but the main species Carcharodontosaurus saharicus is believed to have been as large, or even larger, than Tyrannosaurus rex, with a length of at least 13 meters long. As a land predator, it is believed that it would have preyed on other dinosaurs such as sauropods and iguanodonts. Its teeth were well-suited to cut through flesh, adequate considering the lack of large armored dinosaurs in the region.

The Kem Kem Beds of Morocco date to the middle of the Cretaceous Period and seem to preserve an unusual delta ecosystem with a high proportion of carnivores, including Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, two abelisaurids, Deltadromeus and an abundance of crocodylomorphs, in addition to many species of freshwater fish. Herbivorous dinosaurs seem to consist almost entirely of sauropods and some paleontologists believe that aquatic prey served the base of the predatory food chain.