07676 - Well Preserved 2.24 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Schizophoria troilite and chromite compositions

troilite and chromite compositions

this species was especially abundant in the sites in the south of Morocco

the horns and spines during the preparation process have been fractured and glued again

Small teeth with bicarinate higly laterally compressed crowns

open shallow subtidal

07676 - Well Preserved 2.24 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Schizophoria troilite and chromite compositionsThis enormous Prognathodon tooth is preserved in exceptional way. 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