20509 - Museum Grade 3.35 Inch Elasmosaurus (Zarafasaura oceanis) Partial Maxillary Bone Cretaceous Fulgurites (Petrified lightnings) Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Palaferellidae

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Palaferellidae

iron-nickel alloy (kamacite and taenite) and in minor proportion of troilite and chromite

Premaxillary tooth

with bicarinate

Ebach and Ahyong 2001

20509 - Museum Grade 3.35 Inch Elasmosaurus (Zarafasaura oceanis) Partial Maxillary Bone Cretaceous Fulgurites (Petrified lightnings) Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - PalaferellidaeImpressive and unique partial maxillary bone. It is undoubtedly an Museum Grade specimen. This specimen has been stabilized on its surface by Paraloid B 72 to ensure its stability and consistency. This process does not affect neither the color nor any of the characteristics. It simply makes the specimen better preserved in the long term. Not restored or glued. In one of its alveoli, you can see an emerging germ replacement tooth. This huge and famous