07828 - Well Preserved 0.72 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Cretolamna deep subtidal shelf

deep subtidal shelf

Acastoides

which were among the larger theropods

It has some glued and restored (filled) fractures at the proximal end

3 mm  //  0

07828 - Well Preserved 0.72 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Cretolamna deep subtidal shelfNice unbroken specimen preserved in its natural phosphatic matrix. 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