1.33" Theropod indet. Claw (Dromaeosaurus?) (Judith River)

Size: 1.33" long

Species: unknown theropod, most likely a Dromaeosaurus pedal claw.

Age: late cretaceous- 75.3-79 MYA

Location Found: Judith River Formation, Northern Montana, USA 

A fossil ungual is the most distal (farthest from the body) bone in a digit (finger or toe). It serves as the bony core that supports a claw, hoof, or nail in terrestrial vertebrates, including dinosaurs, mammals, and birds.