Abelisauridae indet.
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Age: Cenomanian-Turonian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)
Formation: Ifezouane (Red sand)
Origin: Kem-Kem valley,  Begaa, near of Taouz
Region: Drâa-Tafilalet
Province: Errachidía, Morocco
Coordinates: 30°53'53.7"N 3°51'48.6"W
Measurements: 26 x 12 mm / 1.02" x 0.47"
Weight: 1.1 g / 0.035 oz
Description: Carnivorous dinosaur tooth in good condition, 100% natural, no repairs. Unusually large size, opportunity.


Information: The Kem Kem Beds are located in southeastern Morocco, near the border with Algeria. They constitute one of the most important fossil assemblages of the African Cretaceous and are formed by a succession of fluvial and deltaic deposits accumulated between the Late Albian and the Cenomanian.
Contrary to popular belief, Kem Kem does not correspond to a single site or a single ecosystem. It is a geological group composed of several sedimentary formations that represent different environments and periods in time. Among these, the Ifezouane and Gara Sbaa formations stand out, constituting the lower part of the sequence, as well as the Aoufous and Douira formations, which represent more recent levels.
The fossils recovered at Kem Kem include an extraordinary diversity of vertebrates, including sharks, bony fish, coelacanths, turtles, crocodiles, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and birds. Among the dinosaurs found at Kem Kem are some of the largest known terrestrial predators, such as Spinosaurus aegyptiacus and Carcharodontosaurus saharicus.


However, not all the animals found at Kem Kem necessarily coexisted at the same time. Many come from different stratigraphic levels within the sedimentary sequence, which records several million years of geological history. Therefore, Kem Kem should be understood as an exceptional window into the ecosystems of Cretaceous Africa rather than as representing a single biological community.
Among the most spectacular finds at Kem Kem are the remains of some of the largest known predatory dinosaurs, such as Spinosaurus aegyptiacus and Carcharodontosaurus saharicus.


Abelisaurids were a group of theropod dinosaurs that played the role of apex predators on the continents of the Southern Hemisphere during the Cretaceous. Although they are especially well-known in South America, they were also present in Africa, where they form part of the extraordinary predatory fauna of the Kem Kem Beds.
Unlike other large theropods from the region, such as Spinosaurus aegyptiacus or Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, abelisaurid remains are much scarcer and more fragmentary. Most finds consist of isolated teeth and incomplete bone fragments, making it difficult to accurately determine how many species were present in this ecosystem.


The teeth attributed to Abelisauridae have distinctive characteristics that allow them to be differentiated from other large predators of Kem Kem. However, due to the fragmentary nature of the fossil record, many specimens are conservatively assigned to Abelisauridae indet., reflecting the current impossibility of definitively associating them, at least for now, with a specific genus or species.


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