J55 - Rare Eocarcharia dinops Dinosaur Tooth - Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenere Desert Densonella semele Hysterolenus
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Description
Hysterolenus
Rhabdognathus
the sample is formed by phenocrysts mostly of olivine
Prepared as partial free standing
It is from the Hamadasuchus rebouli species
J55 - Rare Eocarcharia dinops Dinosaur Tooth - Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenere Desert Densonella semele HysterolenusScientific name: Eocarcharia dinops, Sereno and Brusatte, 2008 Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 3. 1cm = 1. 22 Inch REF.: J55 DESCRIPTION: Eocarcharia (meaning "dawn shark") is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation that lived in the Sahara 112 million years ago, in what today is the