F11 - Exceedingly Rare Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) Rooted Tooth Cretaceous Russia Hulettia americana Acanthopyge (Mephiarges)

Acanthopyge (Mephiarges)

Environments: offshore

Spiniscutellum

† Diplagnostus

MNB Type spec mass (g): 2

F11 - Exceedingly Rare Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) Rooted Tooth Cretaceous Russia Hulettia americana Acanthopyge (Mephiarges)Scientific name: Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) Location: Stary Oskol, Belgorod, Gebiet, Kursk, Russia Geological Formation: Seversk Sandstone Age: Lower Cretaceous, Albian stage ( 110 million years) Size (long): 3. 9cm = 1. 53 Inch REF.: F11 DESCRIPTION: This is an exceptional rooted tooth of a Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) from Stary Oskol, Russia. These teeth are very unusual to see and this is one of a handful of teeth I recently acquired. Not