{"product_id":"07792-top-beautiful-196-inch-platecarpus-ptychodon-mosasaur-partial-left-hemi-jaw","title":"07792 - Top Beautiful 1.96 Inch Platecarpus ptychodon (Mosasaur) Partial Left Hemi-Jaw","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e†\u003cem\u003ePlatecarpus sp\u003c\/em\u003e, Cope 1869 (mosasaur)\u003cbr\u003eReptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBeautiful specimen and rare mosasaur species. It has glued and filled fractures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the international market is very common to find \u003cem\u003eMosasaurus\u003c\/em\u003e rests coming from the phosphate quarries of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis quarries have been exploited since the beginning of the past century. Many sellers that sell this fossils do not make a good precise taxonomic identification work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these sites there are numerous different species of \u003cem\u003eMosasaurus\u003c\/em\u003e described in the enormous assemblage of giant marine reptiles that reigned the seas during the Cretaceous. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main rich levels in these paleontological taxons are in the deeper stratigraphic levels of the sedimentarian filling of the Ouled Abdoun Basin. The age of these correspond to the Maastrichtian stage, 66 million years ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of the research carried out on these marine reptiles from Morocco have been performed by French researchers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNext we list the different \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMosasaur\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e species which have been recognised in the phosphate rocks in North Africa: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalisaurus aramborgi (Bardet et al., 2005) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Halisaurus walkeri (Lingham-Solier, 1998) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Prognathodon sp (Dollo, 1889) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Prognathodon anceps (Leiodon anceps) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Prognathodon solvay (Dollo, 1889) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Prognathodon currii (Christiansen \u0026amp; Bonde, 2002) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Eremiasaurus heterodontus (LeBlanc et al., 2012)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMosasaurus beaugei (Arambourg, 1952) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Mantell, 1829) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Tylosaurus (Marsh, 1872) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Platecarpus ptychodon (Arambourg, 1954) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Globidens phosphaticus (Bardet et al., 2005) \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Carinodens belgicus (Bardet et al., 2005)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ouled Abdoun Basin (or Khouribga Basin), located in the central sector of Morocco, is an enormous sedimentarian basin represented mostly by a vast filling of phosphate sediments. Apart from having a relevant raw material to be extracted, it has a series of very important paleontological sites in which amazing assemblages from big and small marine vertebrates are present. The basin has a so great continuity in its stratigraphic record that both the Upper Cretaceous as well as the two first epochs of the Paleogene (Paleocene and Eocene) can be studied.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main assemblage of vertebrate fossils of the Paleogene sector present there is composed by sharks, fish, turtles, marine snakes, rays, crocodiles, other types of reptiles and even marine birds. In the Cretaceous part we can add Mosasaurs, Pterosaurs and Plesiosaurs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext you can visit a link with very interesting information about this sedimentarian basin rich in fossil vertebrates: Ouled Abdoun Basin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cem\u003ePlatecarpus ptychodon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003esystematic paleontology\u003cbr\u003eReptilia Laurenti 1768\u003cbr\u003eSquamata Oppel 1811\u003cbr\u003eMosasauridae Gervais 1853\u003cbr\u003ePlioplatecarpinae Russell 1967\u003cbr\u003ePlatecarpus Cope 1869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlatecarpus ptychodon\u003c\/em\u003e, Arambourg , 1952\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublications:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eARAMBOURG C. 1952. — Les vertébrés fossiles des gisements de phosphates (Maroc – Algérie – Tunisie). Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc 92:1-372.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDiagnosis :\u003cbr\u003eSmall teeth with bicarinate higly laterally compressed crowns, subequal lingal and labial surfaces bearing verticals striations that are more numerous on the lingual face and developed only on the two thirds of the crown height. The dental morphology of P.ptychodon is quite distinct from those of other mosasaurids, such that this taxon (which was erected on the basis of isolated teeth only) is provisionally regarded as valid.\u003cbr\u003e12 or 13 teeth on a dentary, 14 on a maxillary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSources:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Fossil Forum - Moroccan Mosasaurs - General Fossil Discussion \n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jurassic Dreams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67996420309309,"sku":"lzu1794156300225","price":104.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/5707\/9357\/files\/07792---top-beautiful-196-inch-platecarpus-ptychodon-mosasaur-partial-left-hemi-_1.jpg?v=1794156305","url":"https:\/\/curveseamfit.shop\/products\/07792-top-beautiful-196-inch-platecarpus-ptychodon-mosasaur-partial-left-hemi-jaw","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}