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Large Mosasaur tooth fossil Marine reptile Individual piece for collectors
- SKU
- Afmetingen (mm)
- 70.000 x 40.000 x 30.000mm
- Gewicht (cts)
- 200.000
- Treatment
- No Treatment
- Type
- Specimen
- Kleuren
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This tooth was found on the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco.
The Oulad Abdoun Basin (also known as the Ouled Abdoun Basin or Khouribga Basin) is a phosphate sedimentary basin located in Morocco, near the city of Khouribga. It is the largest in Morocco, comprising 44% of Morocco’s phosphate reserves, and at least 26.8 billion tons of phosphate. It is also known as an important site for vertebrate fossils, with deposits ranging from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) to the Eocene epoch (Ypresian), a period of about 25 million years.
Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the ‘Meuse river’, and Greek σαύρος sauros meaning ‘lizard’) comprise a group of extinct, large marine reptiles containing 38 genera in total. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. Mosasaurs probably evolved from an extinct group of aquatic lizards known as aigialosaurs in the Earliest Late Cretaceous. During the last 20 million years of the Cretaceous period (Turonian–Maastrichtian ages), with the extinction of the ichthyosaurs and pliosaurs, mosasaurs became the dominant marine predators. They became extinct as a result of the K-Pg event at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago.
*Dimensions: 7CM
Provenance: Oued zem phosphate mines, Morocco
Age: Cretaceous (146-65 million yrs ago)
Type: Actual specimen - one only
- SKU
- Afmetingen (mm)
- 70.000 x 40.000 x 30.000 mm
- Gewicht (cts)
- 200.000
- Treatment
- No Treatment
- Type
- Specimen
- Kleuren
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This tooth was found on the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco.
The Oulad Abdoun Basin (also known as the Ouled Abdoun Basin or Khouribga Basin) is a phosphate sedimentary basin located in Morocco, near the city of Khouribga. It is the largest in Morocco, comprising 44% of Morocco’s phosphate reserves, and at least 26.8 billion tons of phosphate. It is also known as an important site for vertebrate fossils, with deposits ranging from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) to the Eocene epoch (Ypresian), a period of about 25 million years.
Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the ‘Meuse river’, and Greek σαύρος sauros meaning ‘lizard’) comprise a group of extinct, large marine reptiles containing 38 genera in total. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. Mosasaurs probably evolved from an extinct group of aquatic lizards known as aigialosaurs in the Earliest Late Cretaceous. During the last 20 million years of the Cretaceous period (Turonian–Maastrichtian ages), with the extinction of the ichthyosaurs and pliosaurs, mosasaurs became the dominant marine predators. They became extinct as a result of the K-Pg event at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago.
*Dimensions: 7CM
Provenance: Oued zem phosphate mines, Morocco
Age: Cretaceous (146-65 million yrs ago)
Type: Actual specimen - one only
| Verzend provider | Verzending naar Morocco | Verzending naar de rest van de wereld |
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| Standard Shipping - Tracked | $0.00 / 7 | $0.00 / 21 |
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PositiefThe skull is marvelous!! All the way from Morocco to Georgia U.S.A. The seller provided exceptional communications along the process. My 40 year son exclaimed "This is the wildest thing I have ever seen." I am sure there will be will future purchases.
