08006 - Nicely Preserved 0.80 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Bothremydidae pterygoid with short palatine process

pterygoid with short palatine process at about 45° relative to the ectopterygoid process

Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae

Some authors have proposed this species as the predecessor of the current white shark (Great White-Carcharodon carcharias) and the great Carcharodon megalodon

Diagnosis: Small mosasaurid (adult total length 3

08006 - Nicely Preserved 0.80 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Bothremydidae pterygoid with short palatine processNice unbroken specimen preserved in its natural phosphatic matrix. In the international market is very common to find Mosasaurus rests coming from the phosphate quarries of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco). This quarries have been exploited since the beginning of the past century. Many sellers that sell this fossils do not make a good precise taxonomic identification work. In these sites there are numerous different species of