20747 - Great Quality 1.63 Inch Platecarpus ptychodon (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Shark vertebrae Its more exact taxonomic identification

Its more exact taxonomic identification is very difficult with this type of bones

Parent taxon: Trigonodontoidae according to G

Dalla Vecchia 2005

It is still preserved included in part of the sandy-gravel sediment that is cemented and mineralized to its surface

20747 - Great Quality 1.63 Inch Platecarpus ptychodon (Mosasaur) Rooted Tooth Shark vertebrae Its more exact taxonomic identificationPlatecarpus sp, Cope 1869 (mosasaur) Reptilia Squamata Mosasauridae Nice specimen, it has some glued fractures, but not restorations 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