S43 - Exceedingly Rare Suchomimus tenerensis Dinosaur Tooth - Elrhaz Fm - Niger Eokochaspis piochensis Neuchatel xxxii-188
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Description
Neuchatel xxxii-188
Phosphate turtles belong to the two major groups of extant turtles: Pleurodira
Ref: 10058
Environments: offshore (4 collections)
61°07’E (approximate centroid)
S43 - Exceedingly Rare Suchomimus tenerensis Dinosaur Tooth - Elrhaz Fm - Niger Eokochaspis piochensis Neuchatel xxxii-188Scientific name: Suchomimus tenerensis, (Sereno et al, 1998) Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 2. 8cm = 1. 10 Inch REF.: S43 DESCRIPTION: Here we introduce this beauty. It is an authentic tooth from this lower Cretaceous ichthyophagous theropod dinosaur. The genus Suchomimus, has teeth with Baryonyx Spinosaurid type morphology, in fact