07650 - Top Huge 1.85 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth in Matrix Late Cretaceous Cyphaspis ("Devil Horned") Nice sharp specimen

Nice sharp specimen

Sister taxa: Cantioscyllium

It can be seen how part of its thin outer layer (the enamel) has lost by erosion and has exposed the underlying layer of dentine

which can collapse easily when even slight pressures are applied

Gutierrez-Marco & Martin 2016)

07650 - Top Huge 1.85 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth in Matrix Late Cretaceous Cyphaspis ("Devil Horned") Nice sharp specimenImpressive 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