02042 - Huge Beautiful 1.29 Inch Elosuchus Cherifiensis Crocodile Tooth From Kem Kem Brittlestar The quarries in the red
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
The quarries in the red and yellow fossiliferous levels with sands are gravels (Aoufous Fm e Ifezouane Fm) are becoming more inaccessible and dangerous for the local miners
but their remains are even rarer
Historically
From these we cannot deduct the species because they are almost completely buried in the rock
slowly drawn during millions of years via fossil-diagenetic processes
02042 - Huge Beautiful 1.29 Inch Elosuchus Cherifiensis Crocodile Tooth From Kem Kem Brittlestar The quarries in the redExcellent tooth of one of the giant crocodiles that reigned the fluvial systems of the North African Cretaceous, sharing habitat with dinosaurs such as the Spinosaurus. The morphology of this tooth, absolutely conical and with a blunt tip, suggests that it belonged to the Elosuchus genus. It does not have any restoration or reparation. It is completely preserved, except its root. The color and quality of the enamel, featuring amazing and brilliant