PLEX001 - NEARLY 3 INCH HUGE ELASMOSAUR MARINE REPTILE TOOTH IN MATRIX WITH SQUALICORAX SHARK TOOTH

Product Description

ITEM # 

PLEX001

ID

Elasmosaurus sp. and Squalircorax sp.

FOUND

Phosphate Deposits - Khouribga, Morocco

AGE

LATE CRETACEOUS:  73 - 65 million years ago

SIZE

5.25" x 3.5" overall with matrix, tooth 2.9" long

CONDITION

SINGLE HAIRLINE FRACTURE REPAIR
ON TOOTH BUT NO FABRICATION

NOTE

NICE LARGE, COMPLETE EXAMPLE.  THE
LARGEST TOOTH WE HAVE SEEN IN A
VERY LONG TIME.

INCLUDES STAND - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

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This is a fine grade fossil tooth in its original matrix from a type of plesiosaur called an elasmosaur.  The tooth is still attached to the original matrix and prepared so that it can be displayed as such.  Peeking out if the sand surface is a large Squalicorax sp. extinct shark tooth.  Splendid coloration and fine wrinkled enamel detail is intact and well displayed.  Tooth has been repaired but has NO RESTORATION or fabricated parts.  An excellent specimen from a real-life sea monster of the prehistoric seas.

Plesiosaur teeth are fragile unlike powerful meat-eating dinosaur teeth.  They are dug from phosphate-bearing soil and in the process of their extraction, they are almost invariably broken and badly damaged.  Finding a complete and high quality specimen is uncommon. 

Special thanks to FRANK DENOTA for permission to use his artwork above.