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I bought these two teeth at an estate sale in a neighborhood in the CA Bay Area.


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Sorry if I break any rules or etiquette in regard to identifying these teeth.

At the estate sale I asked the person in charge of the items about the teeth, and they said they had no idea where they were from or what dinosaur/s it could be. I looked through some fossil websites and they looked most similar to raptor teeth however I am unsure. Thanks in advance for any help! I can take more pictures if that would help as well. 

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Both definitely not raptors.   The preservation is typical of those from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco.  The one with serrations looks like an indeterminate Abelisauridae from those deposits.

The other one, just a tip, probably not theropod, do not see serrations, are there any?

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The other tooth has really faint serrations from what I can tell. I had a hard time getting them to show up on my camera but here are two pictures I took of each side. While these upload I'll try to get a better picture.

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Thanks, okay great unfortunately since its just a partial tooth its best called as an indeterminate theropod.  Not an Abelisaurid or Spinosaurid.   Lots of undescribed theropod teeth from that region so having a complete tooth might not get you an ID..

 

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I can see why you thought "raptor" though. That kind of tooth from that location (KK Morocco) is usually labeled as a "raptor" tooth, despite being abelisaur.

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