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Name:
Plesiosaur (Elasmosaurus) Tooth
Age: Cretaceous
Formation: Mosasaur Beds
Location: Morocco
Size: Tooth is 1.65 inches long
Here is a wonderful tooth from a Plesiosaur. This tooth is from the Cretaceous deposits of Morocco. Plesiosaurs were large, vicious marine reptiles. They had extremely long necks and fairly lengthy tails. They swam by means of legs and feet that had developed into oarlike paddles. This tooth is wonderfully 3-dimensional and beautifully preserved. The corrugated, dark-colored enamel is excellent, and the tip is sharp and exhibits almost no wear. This dagger-shaped tooth still has a portion of the root intact. The fossil has superb color and contrasts well with the sand-colored matrix. The tooth is well showcased on the block of fossil-rich sandstone - NATURAL, NOT COMPOSITED on the plate. This is a great example of an impressive Plesiosaur tooth from the Cretaceous seas.
A Certificate of Authenticity from EXTINCTIONS is included with this specimen.
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