Cretaceous Plesiosaurus Tooth Fossil from Morocco

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


Cretaceous Plesiosaurus Tooth FossilThis 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.

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Plesiosaurus mauritanicus

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