J4 - Top Rare Nigersaurus taqueti Sauropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Goniopygus Conocoryphe (Liocephalus)

Conocoryphe (Liocephalus)

No plessite observed

2 cm • 7

LOCATION Oued Zem

southern Morocco at 22

J4 - Top Rare Nigersaurus taqueti Sauropod Dinosaur Tooth Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Goniopygus Conocoryphe (Liocephalus)Scientific 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): 3,3cm REF.: J4 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 during the