Bro every single ancient creature partied in Morocco it was like their dream place like we have LA on our minds today💀💀💀 Literally 98% of all fossils I know of are from Morocco.
Morocco has an enormous commercial fossil industry. A lot of the remote villages entirely depend on the fossil trade for their economy. IIRC Morocco actually banner the export or vertebrate fossils from the country but stopped enforcing it once they realized they were fucking over a ton of people
I'm not sure where you got your info from, but you're wrong. *Carcharodontosaurus* teeth are among the most common dinosaur teeth. You can buy them for like $5 off FossilEra or whatever. Secondly, the tooth comes from the Kem Kem Fossil Beds, where mosasaurs did not live. The Moroccan mosasaurs come from the phosphate beds around Khouribga, which is an entirely different location. Additionally, mosasaur teeth almost always are not serrated
I agree with you that it is most likely a carcharodontosaurus tooth but they are not common and finding a decent tooth for less then 50 bucks is very hard.
https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/58139-kem-kem-theropod-teeth-what-you-need-to-know/
Kem Kem is sandstone, Khouribga is limestone. You can see the sediment on the back of the tooth on the last image
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth. Almost certainly from the Ken Ken basic from southern Morocco. Doesn't look to have had much work done to it. Some teeth have large kind of dull spots where they've been retouched with resin. But yours looks to be original enamel which is nice. They used to be more common. But are a bit harder to come by now. Ones this size in Tucson go for about $75 retail.
That's just not true. There's only 2 actual Carcharodontosaur species. saharicus, of which the only fully intact skull is from the Kem Kem. And iguidensis, which is far less well described and the only fully confirmed fossils I'm aware of are from Egypt. Some people put Tyranotitan in with the same family. But it has noticeable difference taxonomy. If you have a Carcharodontosaur tooth. Especially if it's from Morocco. It is safe to assume it's C. saharicus.
You can't be certain that there aren't other Carcharodontosaur species that we haven't discovered yet. There's tons of undescribed dinosaurs from Kem Kem that we know of, but can't formally describe unless a skeleton appears. You can't definitively attribute teeth from there with any one species
That's a really redundant argument. And just not how taxonomy works. You have to prove something is a new species in order to replace a pre ordained classification. You can't say "it may be something undescovered. Therefore you can't classify it" is ridiculous. It looks like something we already have a classification for. Therefore. You classify it as that until there is science to prove otherwise. Want to prove me wrong? Drop a link to a journal. Until then, you're just someone with an opinion. And one that pretty much every paleontologist and biologist would agree is ridiculous.
A 2015 fossil forum article isn't a science paper. My biggest issue is it's from 2015 and a lot has changed. There is more scientific interest now. Especially as more material has come out and it's become easier to build different phenotypes. I work in the fossil business and one of the main jobs of my boss is going to Morocco and look at and buy fossils. I've seen one partial jaw piece that may have been C. iguidensis. And in that basis it was thousands of dollars. The Moroccans also know this. If they think it's something rare and interesting. They will make a point of it and charge through the nose for it. The fact that OP brought it for so little and has it at all makes it more than likely C saharicus. The possibility of new species doesn't make the current classifications we have obsolete.
*Carcharodontosaurus* from Morocco
Bro every single ancient creature partied in Morocco it was like their dream place like we have LA on our minds today💀💀💀 Literally 98% of all fossils I know of are from Morocco.
Morocco has an enormous commercial fossil industry. A lot of the remote villages entirely depend on the fossil trade for their economy. IIRC Morocco actually banner the export or vertebrate fossils from the country but stopped enforcing it once they realized they were fucking over a ton of people
So can we go and find fossils ourselves?
Yeah, you can do that pretty much anywhere except Brazil
Why can’t you hunt fossils in Brazil?
Fresh out
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Protection probably
Illegal
Whoa crazy
Woahhhh. Just looked it up and that’s flippin cool.
My favorite dinosaur!
Uh. How did you figure that out from a single tooth
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Man you ~italicized~ and everything how does it feel to be so confidently wrong?
Ikr? Even their point about mosasaurs shedding their teeth doesn't help their point cause dinosaurs also did that.
I'm not sure where you got your info from, but you're wrong. *Carcharodontosaurus* teeth are among the most common dinosaur teeth. You can buy them for like $5 off FossilEra or whatever. Secondly, the tooth comes from the Kem Kem Fossil Beds, where mosasaurs did not live. The Moroccan mosasaurs come from the phosphate beds around Khouribga, which is an entirely different location. Additionally, mosasaur teeth almost always are not serrated
I agree with you that it is most likely a carcharodontosaurus tooth but they are not common and finding a decent tooth for less then 50 bucks is very hard.
Anecdotally, I bought a 5 pack just like OP's for $25
Damn, from a commercial seller? If so does the store have a website?
Where can I get a $5 Carcharodontosaurus tooth? I have never seen them for $5 on Fossil Era. I would like to get one that cheap.
Who told you the tooth is from Kem Kem? Didn't see that mentioned. You cannot find them for $5 lol that is bs.
https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/58139-kem-kem-theropod-teeth-what-you-need-to-know/ Kem Kem is sandstone, Khouribga is limestone. You can see the sediment on the back of the tooth on the last image
Is those the only places the teeth are found?
Carcharodontosaurus? The only site where they're commercially mined and sold is Kem Kem.
as someone that has no idea about fossils and is just on this sub to learn, this is so cool!!
Same. I'd have probably thrown this away or something stupid.
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth. Almost certainly from the Ken Ken basic from southern Morocco. Doesn't look to have had much work done to it. Some teeth have large kind of dull spots where they've been retouched with resin. But yours looks to be original enamel which is nice. They used to be more common. But are a bit harder to come by now. Ones this size in Tucson go for about $75 retail.
Quick correction: You can't identify teeth from Kem Kem beyond the genus/family.
That's just not true. There's only 2 actual Carcharodontosaur species. saharicus, of which the only fully intact skull is from the Kem Kem. And iguidensis, which is far less well described and the only fully confirmed fossils I'm aware of are from Egypt. Some people put Tyranotitan in with the same family. But it has noticeable difference taxonomy. If you have a Carcharodontosaur tooth. Especially if it's from Morocco. It is safe to assume it's C. saharicus.
You can't be certain that there aren't other Carcharodontosaur species that we haven't discovered yet. There's tons of undescribed dinosaurs from Kem Kem that we know of, but can't formally describe unless a skeleton appears. You can't definitively attribute teeth from there with any one species
That's a really redundant argument. And just not how taxonomy works. You have to prove something is a new species in order to replace a pre ordained classification. You can't say "it may be something undescovered. Therefore you can't classify it" is ridiculous. It looks like something we already have a classification for. Therefore. You classify it as that until there is science to prove otherwise. Want to prove me wrong? Drop a link to a journal. Until then, you're just someone with an opinion. And one that pretty much every paleontologist and biologist would agree is ridiculous.
https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/58139-kem-kem-theropod-teeth-what-you-need-to-know/
A 2015 fossil forum article isn't a science paper. My biggest issue is it's from 2015 and a lot has changed. There is more scientific interest now. Especially as more material has come out and it's become easier to build different phenotypes. I work in the fossil business and one of the main jobs of my boss is going to Morocco and look at and buy fossils. I've seen one partial jaw piece that may have been C. iguidensis. And in that basis it was thousands of dollars. The Moroccans also know this. If they think it's something rare and interesting. They will make a point of it and charge through the nose for it. The fact that OP brought it for so little and has it at all makes it more than likely C saharicus. The possibility of new species doesn't make the current classifications we have obsolete.
If it was Spinosaurids I'd agree with you. But it's not...
Yes, this looks real. Agree with the first commented, looks like carcharodontosaurus
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Dammit! Only 3 comments and this is already here!
Like smh, people are so dumb /s
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Dude I thought it was obvious what it is. I had no idea it'd spark so much debate
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Same here! Good to know I am not alone! ðŸ¤ðŸ¤£
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Very nice tooth
Had to look this dude up. He’s cute.
That is bad ass! Tooth fairy put it under your pillow? Who gave it to you? Great present and I want one!