Cretaceous Bone Bunch

[LordTrilobite]

So I bought this piece of matrix with some cool little bones in it. With a Mosasaur tooth, a reptile vert and some fish bones visible.

Photo of most of the prepping done before removing the bones from the matrix

All of the loose bones. The Mosasaur tooth looks like it's probably Prognathodon. But while the vert certainly looks reptilian, I'm not sure if it's Mosasaur or something else.

In total one Mosasaur tooth, a reptile vertabra, Five types of fish verts, two types of fish jaws and a tiny shark tooth.

Pics of the vert.

Small piece of fish jaw, but dunno which.

And a bizarre piece, what I can only think is some kind of fish jaw piece but I have no idea what it's from.

Anyone have any ideas?

Edited July 22, 2013 by LordTrilobite

[sseth]

Very nice assemblage. You have a great Prognathodon tooth, a mosasaur vertebrae (likely Platecarpus, what appears to be a section of enchodus jaw, and other fish vertebrae and jaw sections. The moroccan phosphates are a treasure, unlike anything anywhere on earth. It is very common to find dozens, if not hundreds of fossils all closely packed together.

Thanks for sharing.

[LordTrilobite]

Do you mean the small short piece is Enchodus? The teeth seem kinda short for it.

[non-remanié]

The last piece is indeed fish. Its an edentulous piece of Stratodus apicalis jaw. Check Oceans Of Kansas website for some good info on Stratodus.