A team of Moroccan and international researchers discovered three fossilized teeth of giant dinosaurs from the ‘Torvosaurus’ family near the Moroccan city of Boulemane. According to Hespress newspaper, this rare scientific discovery includes three fossilized teeth estimated to be about 168 million years old, making them the oldest known evidence of this dinosaur family in Africa to date. Researchers from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez, the British Museum of Natural History in London, and the Miami Museum of Science in the United States participated in the discovery. This finding is the result of long-term scientific collaboration among paleontology research teams from three continents. The three teeth vary in length between 53 and 71 millimeters and feature a broad heart-shaped crown, a known characteristic of Torvosaurus dinosaurs, a group of giant herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks and massive bodies, distinct from modern sauropods like Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus.

The teeth belong to a new unknown species or an early evolutionary branch within the Torvosaurus group. This discovery helps fill an important gap in the dinosaur record in Africa, especially during the Jurassic period. Additionally, French authorities announced in February the seizure of dinosaur teeth inside a truck heading to Italy, some of which are over 60 million years old. A French customs official said the dinosaur teeth might have come from Morocco, found during a routine inspection.