08001 - Nicely Preserved 0.98 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Eodiaphyodus Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

PaleoDB taxon number: 33430

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Micraster uddeni

The pathological deformations in mosasaurs and in this place are not common

08001 - Nicely Preserved 0.98 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Eodiaphyodus Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspensionNice 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