Large, 2.53" Rebbachisaurus Tooth - Sauropod Dinosaur

This is a nicely preserved, 2.53" long tooth of the large Moroccan diplodocid, Rebbachisaurus garasbae. It displays the distinctive chisel shape of these sauropods. It comes from the Late Cretaceous, Kem Kem of Morocco, home to such meat eating giants as Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus.

There is feeding wear to the tip and multiple repaired cracks through this tooth. Some of these repaired cracks have resulted in chipping of the enamel around the locations of breakage.

About Rebbachisaurus

Rebbachisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the superfamily Diplodocoidea that lived during the Early-Late Cretaceous period in Africa about 99 million years ago. It reached lengths of up to 20 meters (65 feet) long. This massive four-legged plant-eating animal had a small head, a long, graceful neck, and a whip-like tail. Rebbachisaurus is distinguished from other sauropods by its unusually tall, ridged back. The discovery of Rayososaurus, a South American sauropod nearly identical to Rebbachisaurus, supports the theory that there was still a land connection between Africa and South America during the Early Cretaceous, long after it was commonly thought that the two continents had separated.

An artists reconstruction of Rebbachisaurus.
An artists reconstruction of Rebbachisaurus.
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SPECIES
Rebbachisaurus garasbae
LOCATION
Taouz, Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
2.53" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#102067
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