- Acheroraptor Tooth
- Hell Creek Formation, ~68-66 million years old – Carter County, Montana, USA
An absolutely pristine, well-preserved beautiful raptor tooth from the latest Cretaceous of Montana’s Hell Creek formation.
Nicely recurved, great denticle preservation and enamel.
Coloration is a burnished orange on the leading edge to a warm tan on the rest of the tooth. Very small amount of feeding wear on the tip.
This tooth is 100% original with no restoration or filling.
Acheroraptor is an extinct genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur known from the latest Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States. It contains a single species, Acheroraptor temertyorum. A. temertyorum is one of the two geologically youngest known species of dromaeosaurids, the other being Dakotaraptor steini, which is also known from Hell Creek. A basal cousin of Velociraptor, Acheroraptor is known from upper and lower jaw material.
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