Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.

4 3/4 in. (364 grams, 12.2 cm).

A vertebra with partial neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old German paleontological collection.

Footnotes

Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.

CONDITION

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LOT 2150