Plesiosaurus mauritanicus Tooth
Class Sauropsida, Superorder Sauropterygia, Order Plesiosauria, Family Plesiosauridae
Geological Time: Upper Cretaceous, ~ 70 million years old
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Fossil is 50 mm long
Fossil Site: Khourigba, Morocco (phosphate deposits)
Fossil Code: SRV804
Price: $55.00
This is a nice
example of a complete tooth of a Plesiosaur, a marine reptile predator
that
roamed the seas during the era of the dinosaurs. It comes from the late
Cretaceous phosphate deposits of Khourigba, Morocco. It is a good example
of a tooth from one of these long-necked seagoing predators. Mosasaur
and Plesiosaur teeth teeth are very abundant from the phosphate deposits
of Khourigba, Morocco. Fossils from this site that are in matrix
are almost surely remounted.
