killer2906 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hello, i bought this Fossil, but the seller could not say me what for a Fossil it is. He sent me this Information: Species: Unidentified Theropod Jaw Age: Late Cretaceous Formation: Tegana Fm. Location: Taouz, Morocco, Kem Kem Basin Please Help me. Greetings from Germany. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil fury Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) Well, if it's a unidentified theropod jaw, than it's definitely a carnivorous dinosaur jaw. It looks kinda small, so it could be drameosaurid or ceolphysid (I highly doubt this.) If it was found in Morocco. If it was found in the Cretaceous than it could be a Spinosaurus(if it were a big guy.). I could be completely wrong. Edited May 23, 2010 by fossil fury “There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” -Ronald Reagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer2906 Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hello, can it be a carcharodontosaurus jaw. Thank you for the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 if you're confident that the locality description is accurate, then you can look up what all fauna has been found there, but the fragment just isn't enough to identify, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 The tooth sockets look round. It may be a Spinosaurus or a crocodile. I have seen many more crock jaw segments from Morocco than dinosaur jaw pieces. Here's a large Cretaceous crock tooth from Morocco to show the round cross section, and the size they can attain. I consider this crock tooth to be medium sized. I have seen several that were twice as large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil finder Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 it could be a spino jaw but it would have to be a small one.you should research what kinds of theropods lived in that area and see whatyou can find out good luck! many find that collecting dead animals would be a weird hobby.but I find to be down right cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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