Charcaradontosaurus claw
| Description: |
This is a claw from the Charcaradontosaurus, a large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur that lived in North Africa. It was lightly built, but had a huge head with shark-like fangs. In fact the name Charcaradontosaurus means “shark toothed reptile.” It lived over 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/623 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Fossils Animal, Fossil Dinosaurs, Fossil Charcaradontosaurus Paleontology -- Cretaceous Carnivores Carnivora, Fossil North Africa |
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