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Pliosaur teeth? Moroccan


Per Christian

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Hi all, here are more pliosaur teeth  questions from me.. these are from the  Asfla Goulmima Morroco

Cretaceouds turonien. 

 

I'm fairly certain the stubby one is pliosaur but seeing as I've been mistaken more than once, I'd like to ask here. I think the slender is plesiosaur, but again.. I'd like for people with more knowledge than me to pitch in

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I agree that the first one looks Pliosaur, I can't imagine what other marine reptile described from that area would produce a tooth that robust. The second tooth reminds me more of an Elasmosaur. Both are nice teeth!

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I fully agree with Michael. The top one seems robust enough and with pronounced striations enough to be a brachauchenine tooth, whereas the slender and somewhat compressed shape of the bottom one marks at as an almost certain elasmosaurid tooth, thus likely Libonectes morgani. Both are very fine teeth, and their morphology and preservation does indeed suggest their origin in Asfla/Goulmima. But the matrix is something new for me. Haven't seen any that grey and coarse before... Anyway, you seem to have found the right seller, with all these recent teeth you're showing off here :P

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