.4" Serrated, Theropod (Juvenile Allosaurus?) Tooth - Colorado

Serrated, Theropod (Juvenile Allosaurus?) Tooth - Colorado #152081

This is a small, serrated, .4" long theropod tooth collected this past summer. It comes from the Morrison Formation at our partners private quarry East of Dinosaur, Colorado. It's likely a juvenile Allosaurus tooth. There is a repaired crack in the middle of the tooth.

Allosaurus was a genus of carnosaurian theropod that lived from 156 to 145 million years ago during the Late Jurassic. Allosaurus species were predators with massive skulls, serrated teeth, and gaping jaws. This powerful and plentiful carnivore genus could grow more than 30 feet long. Their fossils are abundant in the Morrison Formation, leading some to suggest that Allosaurus species may have been pack hunters.

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