20221 - Top Quality 2.06 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Reedops South of Morocco)

South of Morocco)

Optically clear transparent fluorite lenses have low dispersion

and its holotype has been only described with the partial rests of a fragment of its body

Name: Northwest Africa 859

but their remains are even rarer

20221 - Top Quality 2.06 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Reedops South of Morocco)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.