07592 - Well Preserved 2.46 Inch Eremiasaurus heterodontus (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Halisaurus Mosasauridae Gervais
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Description
Mosasauridae Gervais
In this case the lateral serrations have not been preserved
coming from the famous Cretaceous sites in the south of Morocco
Punillaspis
Parayoungia
07592 - Well Preserved 2.46 Inch Eremiasaurus heterodontus (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Halisaurus Mosasauridae GervaisThis Eremiasaurus tooth is preserved in exceptional way, inside his own matrix. It has small glued fracture near the tip. Rooted specimen. To read more about this type of Mosasaur (which was recently described), you can read the following reference from its authors: A. R. H. LeBlanc, M. W. Caldwell, and N. Bardet. 2012. A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics.