05341 - Well Preserved 2.22 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Hybodus Notes et Mémoires du Service

Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc 92:1-372

Calymenidae

It has some small glued and tiny filled fractures

But this fracture is an old fracture due to its color and texture

As it corresponds with the family Aulacopleuridae

05341 - Well Preserved 2.22 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Hybodus Notes et Mémoires du ServiceThis enormous Prognathodon tooth is preserved in exceptional way. It has some glued fractures. 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