05064 - Nicely Preserved 2.13 Inch Platecarpus ptychodon (Mosasaur) Partial Left Hemi-Jaw Cephalopods Richterarges
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Description
Richterarges
Gallina and Apesteguía 2005
Ginglymostoma sp
The size of this fragment of Onchopristis rostral bone is probably only about a third of its original length
Calvo and Salgado 1995
05064 - Nicely Preserved 2.13 Inch Platecarpus ptychodon (Mosasaur) Partial Left Hemi-Jaw Cephalopods RichterargesPlatecarpus sp, Cope 1869 (mosasaur) Reptilia Squamata Mosasauridae Beautiful specimen and rare mosasaur species. Not restored or glued. 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