07029 - Top Grade Halisaurus arambourgi (Mosasaur) Partial Left Hemi-Maxillary in Matrix Cretaceous Silicified Pine Cones pterygoid with short palatine process

pterygoid with short palatine process at about 45° relative to the ectopterygoid process

Despite some teeth having restorations or reparations

are extremely rare to find

Peabody Museum of Natural History

Precious tooth of Squalicorax kaupi (Crow Shark) from the phosphate deposits of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco)

07029 - Top Grade Halisaurus arambourgi (Mosasaur) Partial Left Hemi-Maxillary in Matrix Cretaceous Silicified Pine Cones pterygoid with short palatine processPrecious specimen preserved in its natural matrix. It has small glued fracture at the base of one tooth, but no fabrication. This specimen has been stabilized on its surface by Paraloid B 72 to ensure its stability and consistency. This process does not affect neither the color nor any of the characteristics. It simply makes the specimen better preserved in the long term. In the international market is very common to find Mosasaurus rests coming from