07828 - Well Preserved 0.72 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Cretolamna Brochantite is a common corrosion

Brochantite is a common corrosion product on bronze sculptures located in urban areas

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A beautiful and complete shark tooth of Squalicorax is associated in the same matrix

It has some glued and restored (filled) fractures at the proximal end

crocodile-like quadrupeds up to 6 metres (20 ft) long

07828 - Well Preserved 0.72 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Cretolamna Brochantite is a common corrosionNice 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