07830 - Well Preserved 0.72 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Coloborhynchus Samples (polished thin-sections) also were

Samples (polished thin-sections) also were studied under scanning electron microscope (Research Technical Services – UA)

Usually the two edges have equally developed serrations

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Etymology:

The Ouled Abdoun Basin (or Khouribga Basin)

07830 - Well Preserved 0.72 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Coloborhynchus Samples (polished thin-sections) also wereNice 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