20288 - Well Preserved 2.48 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Reptile Fossils Under Study • Eocene of Antarctica

• Eocene of Antarctica

Sister taxa: Acidaspidinae

Pieces: several

The strewnfield is not yet clearly defined

Diagnosis: Very large mosasaurine mosasaur teeth bearing 1-2 prisms on the labial surface

20288 - Well Preserved 2.48 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Reptile Fossils Under Study • Eocene of AntarcticaThis enormous Prognathodon tooth is preserved in exceptional way. It has small glued but not restored fracture. 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