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FINEST GRADE INTACT GIANT MOSASAUR TOOTH WITH COMPLETE ROOT Phosphate Deposits - Khouribga, Morocco LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 73 - 65 million years ago This is a very rare 100% authentic rare fossil tooth with complete original root of the giant extinct mosasaur Mosasaurus beaugei. This species is the largest known mosasaur from the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco and one of of six species known in the Maastrichtian phosphates of the Ganntour Basin (Morocco). This specimen is a MAXIMUM SIZE and FINEST grade tooth from a FULL GROWN mosasaur. The presence of a root indicates the mosasaur died and this tooth and root became separated from the jaw post-mortem. Oval depression in root is typical anatomy for these teeth caused by the formation of another impacted tooth when the mosasaur was alive. This stunning tooth is complete and INTACT, WITH NO REPAIR, NO FABRICATION OR RESTORATION. If one super quality Mosasaurus tooth is what you would prefer to the usual repaired junk on the market, then you will truly appreciate this "Cadillac" of Mosasaurus teeth. Root has been treated with a consolidant to protect and strengthen the bone. Unlike the hoards of tourist and junk pieces on Ebay and numerous other venues of artificially fabricated Moroccan fossils with fake roots and composites of roots and teeth of multiple specimens, this is a very rare and supreme grade specimen that is 100% ORIGINAL AS FOUND.
Mosasaurs
were the largest lizards that ever evolved and attained lengths of
almost 60 feet with a skull 6 foot long! The mosasaur was a
powerful swimmer who spent its entire life in the sea. Mosasaurs had
long and powerful bodies whose tails and limbs were adapted for
swimming. They probably swam by moving their long body in a
snake-like way, also using their finned tail to propel them forwards.
They steered with small, webbed feet. Mosasaurs had long heads, strong and flexible necks and hydrofoil-like limbs. Their large jaws had stabbing teeth and had a hinge in the mid-lower jaw similar to modern day constrictor snakes.
Mosasaurs ate large fish, shellfish, sharks and some ate mollusks. They lived during the same period T. rex roamed the earth. Mosasaurs can easily be considered the T. rex of the prehistoric seas! Such creatures were true hunter-killers that had no rival during their existence. FINEST QUALITY TOOTH IN RAREST FORM WITH FULL ORIGINAL ROOT INTACT - AS FOUND WITH NO REPAIR 5" overall with root, crown of tooth is 1.85" long on the curve $495 DT1-058 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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MOSASAUR by BRIAN CHOO THIS IMAGE IS PROTECTED BY A STRICTLY ENFORCED COPYRIGHT AND MAY NOT BE USED IN ANY WAY |
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Back
in the second half of the 1700's, geologists made a remarkable discovery
near the southernmost city of the Netherlands. A
huge skull was unearthed belonging to a gigantic reptile which had lived
65 million years ago in the waters around what is now Maastricht. The
creature was later named the mosasaur, meaning ‘lizard of the Meuse or
Maas river'. 
This enabled them to swallow huge prey.