07833 - Nicely Preserved 0.93 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Lagerstatte Beautiful specimen
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Description
Beautiful specimen
very difficult to find
Referred species: Halisaurus ortliebi (Dollo
It only has a small glued fracture close to the root and to one of the lateral denticles
This type of specimens are extremely rare to find in the quarries
07833 - Nicely Preserved 0.93 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Lagerstatte Beautiful specimenNice 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