T242- Rare Eocarcharia dinops Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenere Desert Olenoides It became extinct about 65

It became extinct about 65 million years ago in the Cretaceous

It was prepared using a classic resin transfer process

WEIGHT: 37

This has led some to conclude that Daspletosaurus was the ancestor of Tyrannosaurus

Lieberman 2008

T242- Rare Eocarcharia dinops Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenere Desert Olenoides It became extinct about 65Scientific name: Eocarcharia dinops, Sereno and Brusatte, 2008 Carcharodontosauridae family 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.: T242 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