20224 - Top Quality 1.81 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Dicranurus Gilmore 1912 (mosasaur)

Gilmore 1912 (mosasaur)

Layer upon layer of silica built up within the pocket

and chrysocolla

Tooth 5: 55 mm (2

†Parahomalonotus sp

20224 - Top Quality 1.81 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Dicranurus Gilmore 1912 (mosasaur)It 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.