Specimen Name: Platecarpus ptychodon
Common Name: Platecarpus
Specimen Code: 04REPT00034
Acquisition Method: Purchased (2018)
Locale: Oued Zem, Morocco
Formation: Ouled Abdoun Basin, Phosphate Beds
Geologic Time Period: Late Cretaceous Period
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Tetrapoda – Amniota – Reptilia – Squamata – Mosasauroidea – Mosasauridae – Plioplatecarpinae – Plioplatecarpini – Platecarpus – Ptychodon
Description of Specimen:
A small, tan, shallowly curved tooth with a shallow root
Measurements of Specimen:
35mm x 17mm x 5mm
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