3.1" Mosasaurus Beaugei Fossil Jaw Bone Tooth Cretaceous Dinosaur Era COA

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3.1" Mosasaurus Beaugei Fossil Jaw Bone Tooth Cretaceous Dinosaur Era COA
3.1" Mosasaurus Beaugei Fossil Jaw Bone Tooth Cretaceous Dinosaur Era COA
Location: Oued Zem, Morocco
Weight: 3.8 Ounces
Dimensions: 3.1 Inches Long, 2.8 Inches Wide, 1.3 Inches Thick (
Matrix
)
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They are genuine Teeth fossils, not a replica.
85 - 66 Million Years old, Early Campanian, Maastrichtian Epoch.
Name:
Mosasaurus Beaugei
(L
izard of the Meuse River
).
Named By:
William Daniel Conybeare - 1822
Diet:
Carnivore - Piscivore.
Size:
Largest individuals from 15 to potentially up to 18 meters long.
Time period:
Campanian Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull and postcranial skeletal remains of numerous individuals.
Mosasaurus Beaugei
Like‭ ‬with the dinosaur
Megalosaurus
,‭
‬the official naming date for
Mosasaurus
actually belies its history of the study.‭ ‬The first fragmentary skull material was found in the Netherlands in‭ ‬1764,‭ ‬with a subsequent study by Martinus van Marum concluding that the remains were those of a fish‭ (‬To be fair to him no one at the time knew of the prior existence of giant marine reptiles‭)‬.‭ ‬In the early‭ ‬1770‭‘‬s a canon named Theodorus Joannes Godding found a second incomplete skull.‭
It was a retired army physician named Johann Leonard Hoffmann however that would raise the profile of the creature with his discovery of further remains‭ ‬and correspondence with scientists about them.‭ ‬The true nature of the creature still remained elusive however as Hoffman thought he had the remains of a crocodile,‭ ‬and even the Dutch professor Petrus Camper also misidentified them as an ancient sperm whale in‭ ‬1786.‭ ‬Still, it is quite easy to understand where Camper was coming from as even today these remains can be taken as bearing a superficial resemblance to toothed whales like
Acrophyseter
.‭
Please be aware of the nature of fossils:
Being buried under the ground for millions of years under tons of pressure tends to be rough. No fossil comes out of the ground whole and perfect. Most fossils have undergone some restoration, while others are altered by man simply to enhance their presentation in different ways. The workers in Morocco do a very professional job, unearthing and preserving these natural treasures, however, commonly natural cracks are visible on the surface. These are part of the natural beauty of the fossil and not considered defects.
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