Suchomimus tenerensis SOLD
Period: Lower Cretaceous.
Floor: Aptian-Albian.
Formation: Elrhaz.
Origin: Gadoufaoua, Ténéré Desert, Niger.
Tooth measurements: 6.3 cm x 1.3 cm
Suchomimus tenerensis ("Ténéré crocodile imitator"). The elongated and shallow skull of Suchomimus, similar to that of a crocodile, gives it its generic name, while the specific name S. tenerensis alludes to the town where his first remains were found, the Teneré desert.
The jaws had about 120 teeth that were not very sharp and curved slightly backwards, with fine grooves and rough enamel.
Suchomimus it's a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur, was a large creature, which usually fed on fish, and which more than 100 million years ago roamed the Sahara when it was a swampy garden.
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