07587 - Top Association 2 Eremiasaurus heterodontus (Mosasaur) Teeth in Matrix Cretaceous Raptor Institute of Geophysics and Planetary

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

It is the canine tooth of a primitive mammal that lived together with the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period

Rouault 1847 (trilobite)

Size (the biggest):   27

have fusion crust and heated-affected zone of varying thickness

07587 - Top Association 2 Eremiasaurus heterodontus (Mosasaur) Teeth in Matrix Cretaceous Raptor Institute of Geophysics and PlanetaryThese Eremiasaurus teeth are preserved in exceptional way, inside his own matrix. One of them has small glued fracture. Rooted specimens. 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.