08002 - Nicely Preserved 0.84 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Calymene Nicely preserved and spectacularly well

Nicely preserved and spectacularly well detailed specimen

-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

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

Periallaspis

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)

08002 - Nicely Preserved 0.84 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Calymene Nicely preserved and spectacularly wellNice 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