Description
- Unidentified Fetal/Juvenile Sauropod Claw
- Cretaceous Age
- Tegana Formation
- South of Taouz, Kem-Kem basin, Morocco North Africa
- Specimen measures approx. 13/16″ long and will come in the 3.25″ X 4.25″ Riker Mount with Label as Shown
Sauropods were herbivorous (plant-eating), usually quite long-necked quadrupeds (four-legged), often with spatulate (spatula-shaped: broad at the tip, narrow at the neck) teeth. They had tiny heads, massive bodies,
and most had long tails. Their hind legs were thick, straight, and powerful, ending in club-like feet with five toes, though only the inner three (or in some cases four) bore claws. Their forelimbs were rather more slender and typically ended in pillar-like hands built for supporting weight; often only the thumb bore a claw.
