08002 - Nicely Preserved 0.84 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Calymene Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1632-1636

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1632-1636

Due to its strange morphology

-The bend at the end of the tip is a specific trait of Pterosaur claws: The tip shows a thin flange or ridge of bone on the very tip on the ventral edge

Nicely preserved and spectacularly well detailed specimen

Do not have any type of restoration

08002 - Nicely Preserved 0.84 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Calymene Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1632-1636Nice 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