05339 - Well Preserved 2.15 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Triceratops Cope 1869 (mosasaur)

Cope 1869 (mosasaur)

• Cretaceous of Algeria

Bathycheilidae

Bardet et al

It was named by Lev Nesov in 1981

05339 - Well Preserved 2.15 Inch Mosasaur (Prognathodon anceps) Tooth Triceratops Cope 1869 (mosasaur)This enormous Prognathodon tooth is preserved in exceptional way. It has some glued fractures. 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