06597 - Nicely Preserved 0.96 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Unidentified crocodile species Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals with
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals with irregular contour and completely pseudomorphed by Rutile
†Nankinolithus sp
Nicely preserved and spectacularly well detailed specimen
with the description of a new species of Globidens
Mader and A
06597 - Nicely Preserved 0.96 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Unidentified crocodile species Characteristically platy Ilmenite crystals withNice 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