20222 - Top Quality 2.13 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Schizorhiza Huge specimen

Huge specimen

It can be seen how part of its thin outer layer (the enamel) has lost by erosion and has exposed the underlying layer of dentine

from the Aoufous Formation and Ifezouane Formation (Kem Kem Basin

Have been cleaned and prepared to unearth it from its natural carbonaceous matrix

Ginglymostoma parvula

20222 - Top Quality 2.13 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Schizorhiza Huge specimenIt is a well preserved tooth. The color of its enamel varies between tones of cream and brown. Unbroken specimen. Elasmosaurus teeth from the Upper Cretaceous from the Oulad Abdoun Basin are relatively more scarce than the Mosasaurus. This huge and famous marine reptile is characterized by its long and stylized neck. Its morphology enabled it being a very specialized marine predator. Until 2011, this taxon was classified as Plesiosaurus mauritanicus.