Dinosaurs, Morocco
Framed Spinosaurus tooth
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
A straight, smooth cone: a tooth adapted to hold fish, not to cut flesh.
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- Epoch
- Cretaceous period
- Age
- ≈ 112–93 Mya
- Origin
- Morocco
- Size
- 9-9.5 cm
- Classification
- Carnivorous dinosaurs, theropods (Spinosaurus)
- Habitat
- Rivers and mangrove swamps of Cretaceous North Africa
- Ref.
- R–0297
A Spinosaurus tooth is a long, straight cone, and the power of this specimen lies not in the size of the animal but in the precise form of its hunting instrument. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is regarded as one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs, reaching up to approximately 15 metres in length by current estimates.
Its teeth are unlike those of other theropods: neither flattened nor serrated, but drawn into a straight cone with fine ridges — well suited to holding slippery prey.
Such teeth are found in the Cretaceous deposits of North Africa, where a hundred million years ago rivers ran and mangrove thickets stood.