20909 - Nicely Preserved 2.00 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Foulonia Kiessling 2003

Kiessling 2003

Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to P

Leiostrototropis

In the same matrix the remains of another indeterminate cephalon are observed

Along its upper edge it preserves a very brilliant layer of enamel

20909 - Nicely Preserved 2.00 Inch Partially Rooted Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Foulonia Kiessling 2003It 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.