20747 - Great Quality 1.63 Inch Platecarpus ptychodon (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Shark vertebrae It is a special piece

It is a special piece because this black color of phosphates is not typical

Dalla Vecchia 2005

middle dentition composed of laterally compressed blade-like teeth with anterior and posterior serrated carinae

The quality of the enamel is very high due to the beautiful range of caramel brilliant hues

It is still preserved included in part of the sandy-gravel sediment that is cemented and mineralized to its surface

20747 - Great Quality 1.63 Inch Platecarpus ptychodon (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Shark vertebrae It is a special piecePlatecarpus sp, Cope 1869 (mosasaur) Reptilia Squamata Mosasauridae Nice specimen, it has some glued fractures, but not restorations 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