A Megatheropod Tooth from the Early Cretaceous of Fusui, Guangxi, Southern China

A nearly complete right maxillary or left dentary tooth(NHMG 10858) from the Lower Cretaceous Xinlong Formation of the Napai Basin, Fusui County, Guangxi, southern China, is described. The tooth is large in size, with a CBL of 37 mm. Given the geological age and its crown morphology, including the s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) 2014-02, Vol.88 (1), p.6-12
Hauptverfasser: MO, Jinyou, HUANG, Chaolin, XIE, Shaowen, ERIC, Buffetaut
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Zusammenfassung:A nearly complete right maxillary or left dentary tooth(NHMG 10858) from the Lower Cretaceous Xinlong Formation of the Napai Basin, Fusui County, Guangxi, southern China, is described. The tooth is large in size, with a CBL of 37 mm. Given the geological age and its crown morphology, including the size, it is most likely that the tooth belongs to a carcharodontosaurid. The recovered specimen represents one of the largest theropod teeth hitherto reported from the Early Cretaceous of Asia.
ISSN:1000-9515
1755-6724
DOI:10.1111/1755-6724.12177