20818 - Nicely Preserved 2.64 Inch Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Minerals - Museum Grade The Ouled Abdoun Basin is

The Ouled Abdoun Basin is one of the richest phosphate basins in this type of remains during the Cretaceous sea-tutles fossil record

many of them are not yet studied or with very scarce published scientific information

and they were most likely amphibious  capable of living on land and in the sea

-First Cretaceous dermochelyid turtle from Africa

Still nowadays there have not been many specific studies about these agile carnivorous

20818 - Nicely Preserved 2.64 Inch Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Minerals - Museum Grade The Ouled Abdoun Basin isIt is a well preserved tooth. The color of its enamel varies between tones of cream and brown. This tooth was broken in small sector during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together and there is no restoration and no fabrication. The broken and subsequently glued areas are indicated in one of the images. Elasmosaurus teeth from the Upper Cretaceous from the Oulad Abdoun Basin are relatively more scarce than the Mosasaurus.