20753 - Top Quality 2.19 Inch Rooted Halisaurus walkeri (Mosasaur) Tooth Cretaceous Clypeaster Vinther et al
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Vinther et al
This is an exceptional upper jaw from the extinct bony fish Enchodus (Actinopterygii-ray-finned fish)
these are the most abundant type of meteorite and are referred to as “common chondrites
"floodplain" (2)
The olivine grains are embayed and partially reabsorbed
20753 - Top Quality 2.19 Inch Rooted Halisaurus walkeri (Mosasaur) Tooth Cretaceous Clypeaster Vinther et alIn 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 Mosasaurus described in the enormous assemblage of giant marine