Mosasaurus tooth in a matrix on a wooden display. - Fossil skull - Mosasaurus - 24 cm (No reserve price)

Beautiful original fossil Mosasaurus teeth in matrix on a handcrafted black wooden display / pedestal.
These teeth were found in the phosphate mines of the Khouribga phosphate basin in central Morocco and date from the late Cretaceous period (the Maastrichtian).

De Mosasaurus was a large aquatic lizard that lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 70 to 66 million years ago. It could grow over 15 meters long and had a streamlined body with powerful fins and a long tail. Mosasaurs breathed air and probably lived close to the water's surface. They were carnivores and fed on fish, Plesiosaurs, and even other Mosasaurs.

The Maastrichtian is the last period of the Cretaceous, from about 72.1 to 66 million years ago. It is named after the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands. This period ended with the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.