Adaffa Theropod Tooth (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

Adaffa Theropod Tooth

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This isolated tooth evidences the first identifiable carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Arabian Peninsula. Abelisaurids like this specimen have been found in the ancient Gondwanan landmasses of North Africa, Madagascar and South America.

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Photograph: Maxim Leonov (Palaeontological Institute, Moscow).

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