07649 - Top Huge 1.44 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth in Matrix Late Cretaceous Dicranurus Gilmore 1912

Gilmore 1912

Its exact identification is complicated because only with it it is possible to confuse it as belonging to a small theropod or a crocodile

Impressive Prognathodon rooted tooth in its natural matrix

The Mosasaur

brittle mineral

07649 - Top Huge 1.44 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth in Matrix Late Cretaceous Dicranurus Gilmore 1912Impressive Prognathodon tooth in its natural matrix. Huge size. 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 identification work. In these sites there are numerous different species of