DT4-087 - INTACT CRETACEOUS PTERODACTYL PTEROSAUR TOOTH IN RARE CREAM WHITE COLOR

Product Description

ID

Siroccopteryx moroccoensis

FOUND

Kem Kem Beds (NW Sahara Desert), Morocco

AGE

LATE CRETACEOUS:  100 - 66 million years 

SIZE

.8" long on the curve

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION, SHARP TIP

NOTE

EXTREMELY FINE SPECIMEN, UNBROKEN

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Pterosaur fossils were only recently attributed to a species in 1999 from the Cretaceous deposits of the southern border of Morocco.  To date, the only pterosaur species named from Morocco is Siroccopteryx moroccoensis.  With an estimated wingspan of nearly 20 feet, this anhanguerid ranks amongst the largest pterosaurs known.  There have been comparisons of this creature to other anhanguerid species known from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil.  Only jaw fragments and teeth have been discovered from Morocco and much has yet to be learned about this fascinating and giant flying reptile from prehistory.

This tooth, from a flying Siroccopteryx pterodactyl, possesses high quality preservation.  The tooth has excellent enamel with natural luster and a rare light cream color.  There is a faint hairline age fissure across the middle of the tooth but this is stable and the tooth has not been repaired.  Tip is intact and tooth is complete with NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION OR FABRICATION.

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