J5 - Top Rare Nigersaurus taqueti Sauropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Ellipsocephalus vetustus One of them has small
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
One of them has small glued but not restored fracture
Barite is placed in the alteration zones
Tchukeraspis
SYSTEMATIC
Depéret and Savornin 1925AGE Upper Cretaceous
J5 - Top Rare Nigersaurus taqueti Sauropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Ellipsocephalus vetustus One of them has smallScientific name: Nigersaurus taqueti, (Sereno et al., 1999) Rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 3. 4cm = 1. 33 Inch REF.: J5 DESCRIPTION: Here we introduce this exceedingly rare dinosaur tooth from Elrhaz Fm. It is an authentic tooth of Nigersaurus, herbivorous sauropod rebbachisaurid dinosaur that lived