1351 - Rare Unidentified Theropod Dinosaur Manus Claw Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenuicentrum lanceolatum pterygoid with short palatine process

pterygoid with short palatine process at about 45° relative to the ectopterygoid process

Petrography: The meteorite is a polymict breccia composed of lithic and mineral clasts set into a very fine-grained clastic matrix

Chatterton et al

low-Ca pyroxene in matrix: Fs7

80) content in pyroxenes

1351 - Rare Unidentified Theropod Dinosaur Manus Claw Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Fm Tenuicentrum lanceolatum pterygoid with short palatine processScientific name: Unidentified Theropod Dinosaur Manus claw Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 3,3 cm REF.: 1351 DESCRIPTION: Extremely rare specimen. Due to its morphology, it is a manus claw belonging to an small medium sized theropod dinosaur. It is very difficult to arrive at a precise taxonomic assignment and ID when only one