06766 - Well Preserved 2.30 Inch Eremiasaurus heterodontus (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Carcharodontosaurus Orthopyroxene phenocrysts are also zoned

Orthopyroxene phenocrysts are also zoned although less abundant (Figs

MOSASAURIDAE GERVAIS

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Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas

06766 - Well Preserved 2.30 Inch Eremiasaurus heterodontus (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Carcharodontosaurus Orthopyroxene phenocrysts are also zonedThis Eremiasaurus tooth is preserved in exceptional way, inside his own matrix. It has small glued fracture near the tip. Rooted specimen. To read more about this type of Mosasaur (which was recently described), you can read the following reference from its authors: A. R. H. LeBlanc, M. W. Caldwell, and N. Bardet. 2012. A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics.