07649 - Top Huge 1.44 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth in Matrix Late Cretaceous Dicranurus Calamites undulatus

Calamites undulatus

brittle mineral

Mader & Kellner (1999) (Full reference: B

In: 56th Field Conference Guidebook

Its exact identification is complicated because only with it it is possible to confuse it as belonging to a small theropod or a crocodile

07649 - Top Huge 1.44 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth in Matrix Late Cretaceous Dicranurus Calamites undulatusImpressive Prognathodon tooth in its natural matrix. Huge size. 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