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Re: Deltadromeus teeth
I have Sereno (1996). You're right about no skull. He refers to
abundant small therapods in Kem Kem known from their teeth (note 25).
The thing is, a lot of these teeth look very similar, like one could
almost define a species from them.
-----Original Message-----
From: ackolbert@aol.com
To: nick.gardner@gmail.com; dinosaur@usc.edu
Sent: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: Deltadromeus teeth
So, do you think the arguement goes like, its Morracan, its a raptor,
therefore it must be D. agilis? I believe what is know about D. agilis
is that its a big abelisaur. You don't need to be a paleontologist to
know that a 25+ ft therapod doesn't have teeth the size of a dime. Have
any smaller raptors been found in Kem-Kem that might explain all these
little teeth?Â
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-----Original Message-----Â
From: nick.gardner@gmail.comÂ
To: dinosaur@usc.eduÂ
Sent: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:47 PMÂ
Subject: Re: Deltadromeus teethÂ
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On 2/8/07, ackolbert@aol.com wrote:ÂÂ
It seems there are a lot of smaller Morrocan raptor teeth (< 1") outÂÂ
there identified as Deltadromeus agilis. There are also a small
numberÂÂ
of very large ones. Does anyone have a reference for the teeth of
thisÂÂ
species? The larger, rarer ones, which I am inclined to believe areÂÂ
actually associated with an animal 25 feet long, seem hard toÂÂ
distinguish from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. Any hints?ÂÂ
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Honestly, I don't know how anyone can refer teeth to Deltadromeus, letÂÂ
alone even comment on them. I don't have the paper on-hand, but I amÂÂ
100% sure there was no skull material preserved at all. ;)ÂÂ
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