06219 - Well Preserved 2.20 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Neoceratodus africanus with an intense beautiful color

with an intense beautiful color

Dicranurus sp: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)

Its orange colors come from the limonite (iron oxide) that is the product of the oxidation of the original pyrite that mineralized these fossils

Arcticeraurinella

they could be exposed

06219 - Well Preserved 2.20 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Neoceratodus africanus with an intense beautiful colorThis enormous Prognathodon tooth is preserved in exceptional way. Not restored fractures. In the international market is very common to find Mosasaurus rests coming from the phosphate quarries of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco). This quarries have been exploited since the beginning of the past century. Many sellers that sell this fossils do not make a good precise taxonomic identification work. In these sites there are