Researcher finds fossilised dino teeth

The second fossilized tooth of a Basal Tyrannosauroid discovered in Phu Noi, in the northern county of Kalasin, by a researcher from Kasetsart University, is a result of its research.

The obtaining was made by Wongwech Chowchuvech, a grad student from Kasetsart University’s Department of Earth Sciences under the Faculty of Science.

Assist Prof. Chatchalerm Ketwetsuriya, Mahasarakham University scientist Sita Manitkoon, and Sirindhorn Museum Director Phornphen Chanthasit were in charge of the project.

The group claimed that a Basal Tyrannosauroid, a member of the carnivorous Tyrannosaurus Rex, belonged to them after an examination of the tooth.

The group claimed that the teeth were different from those found in the area’s earlier Metriacanthosauridae smile.

The [Basal Tyrannosauroid ] teeth had two distinctive dental features, including lateral teeth with mesiolingual twisted mesial carinae that extended above the cervix line and a braided enamel surface texture.

According to the crew, the Guanlong wucaii and Proceratosaurus bradleyi, which date back to the Jurassic period, were closely related to the Basal Tyrannosauroid in Phu Noi.

The lower Phu Kradung’s rich paleoecological atmosphere was revealed during the discovery, which reportedly represented Southeast Asia’s first Basal Tyrannosauroid occurrence.