Early Cretaceous

Tegana Formation

Taouz, Morocco

47mm tooth with partial root. Rare.

Dinosaur, Theropod.

Carcharodontosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early-Mid Cretaceous of North Africa and Brazil.  It was one of the longest and heaviest known carnivorous dinosaurs with size estimates for the species C. saharicus ranging between 12 and 13.3 m (39 and 44 ft) and 6.2 to 15.1 metric tons.

Here’s a rooted Carcharodontosaurus tooth for the collector who doesn’t need a larger one but would like to have one with some root.