08005 - Nicely Preserved 1.11 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Weltonia They are classified as a
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
They are classified as a variety of the mineraloid lechatelierite
Enchodus saevus
Ginglymostoma sp: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)
Rare species belonging to the Trigonodontoidae family
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
08005 - Nicely Preserved 1.11 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Weltonia They are classified as aNice 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