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

作者:Mo Jinyou*; Huang Chaolin; Xie Shaowen; Eric, Buffetaut
来源:Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 2014, 88(1): 6-12.
DOI:10.1111/1755-6724.12177

摘要

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.