Description

Early Cretaceous

Tegana Formation

Taouz, Morocco

14mm claw

Dinosaur, Theropod.

In general a vertebrate other than a bird has fewer claws than teeth.  The keratin sheath disintegrates after death leaving the bony claw core which starts to fragment from moisture infiltration and external erosion.  This leaves a fossil claw a rare find whether it’s a bird or dinosaur.

This claw is not identifiable due to the fact that there have been few studies on any of the Moroccan dinosaurs and there seems to be a number of genera present.