20904 - Top Quality 1.88 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Myliobatis The trident shaped appendage has
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The trident shaped appendage has been considered in functional morphology as a sensitive functionality to find food between the seabed substrate
†Hybodus sp
It is preserved in full and almost perfect
A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata
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20904 - Top Quality 1.88 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Myliobatis The trident shaped appendage hasIt 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.