20820 - Nicely Preserved 2.62 Inch Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Quartz Woodward 1901 and Woodward 1902

Woodward 1901 and Woodward 1902

these types of fossils are astounding

Vanadinite is a mineral belonging to the apatite group of phosphates

Phacopidina

20820 - Nicely Preserved 2.62 Inch Elasmosaur (Zarafasaura oceanis) Tooth Quartz Woodward 1901 and Woodward 1902It is a well preserved tooth. The color of its enamel varies between tones of cream and brown. This tooth was broken in small sector during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together and there is no restoration and no fabrication. The broken and subsequently glued areas are indicated in one of the images. Elasmosaurus teeth from the Upper Cretaceous from the Oulad Abdoun Basin are relatively more scarce than the Mosasaurus.