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Moroccan Mosasaur teeth


Robert Field

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An ID would be nice if it's possible.

 I think that the rock is Maastrichtian, oil shale but it looks sandy rather than shale.

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Here is some info on Moroccan mosasaurs

1. Bardet et al. Mosasaurids (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco: Biodiversity, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology based on tooth morphoguilds Gondwana Research Volume 27, Issue 3, April 2015, Pages 1068–1078 
2. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/35999-moroccans-mosasaurs/ 
3. Leblanc et al. A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Volume 32, 2012 - Issue 1 
I am no expert, but you can always check with the papers above:

large tooth in matrix - Prognathodon curii 

small complete tooth below it - Eremiasaurus heterodontus

right one on the last photo - ?E. heterodontus (could also be P. giganteus, although it looks too recurved for P.)

fragment on the left - Mosasaurus beaugei

The Tooth Fairy

 

 

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