Brachauchenius tooth?

[Fullux]

I'm thinking of buying this tooth but I'm not sure what it is. it was described as a mosasaur tooth but the grooves say otherwise. It looks like a brachauchenius to me but I'm not sure.

Edited October 13, 2022 by Fullux

[Praefectus]

Where was this piece found? I see you have Khouribga in the tags, but pliosaurs do not occur in the phosphates. Can you send more pictures are focused on the tooth? It looks like a crocodylomorph tooth crown, but more clear pictures may help nail down the ID. 

[Troodon]

Matrix looks redish that's not typical of Ouled Abdoun Basin more Kem Kem.  Are you sure of locality?

 

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

I agree with @Troodon: the matrixat the base of the tooth looks more like what you'd find in the Kem Kem Group then in the Kem phosphates (where matrix is typically light yellow to grayish). This interpretation would make sense in terms of the tooth's morphology as well, which is indeed, as Trevor said, more crocodilian rather than either mosasaur or pliosaur (pliosaur teeth from Morocco are only known from the Akrabou Formation near Goulmima). Based on robustness and due to the faceting, I believe your tooth to be Elosuchus cherifiensis.

 

Hope this helps!