Paravian (microraptorine?) tooth
I'm now more certain after finding a couple of publications (one published this June after my initial guess) that this small tooth is paravian. Given how different it is from the known dromaeosaurids and troodontids from the well-sampled HCF, my amateur suspicion is it's an undescribed microraptorine. Hopefully more complete remains will elucidate this taxon.
Compare with specimen MPZ 98/77 in,
Isasmendi, E. et al. (2024). Theropod teeth palaeodiversity from the uppermost Cretaceous of the South Pyrenean Basin (NE Iberia) and the intra-Maastrichtian faunal turnover. Cretaceous Research. 162. 105952. 10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105952.
and specimens LMCCE 004/62, LMCCE 005/65 in,
Averianov, A. et al. (2019). Theropod teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Ilek Formation of Western Siberia, Russia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 323. 65-84. 10.31610/trudyzin/2019.323.2.65.
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