1.5" Mosasaur Baugei Fossil Tooth In Matrix Cretaceous Dinosaur Era COA

Location: Oued Zem, Morocco Weight: 2.8 Ounces Dimensions: 2.1 Inches Long, 1.7 Inches Wide, 1.7 Inches Thick (Matrix) Tooth Dimensions: 1.5 Inches Long, 0.7 Inches Wide. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The item pictured is the one you will receive. 100 - 66 Million Years old, Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian Epoch. Mosasaurus Baugei is a species of mosasaur, an extinct group of large, predatory marine reptiles that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. These creatures were not dinosaurs but belonged to a separate lineage of squamates, closely related to modern-day snakes and monitor lizards. The genus Mosasaurus is the type genus for the family Mosasauridae, and its name, meaning "Meuse lizard," refers to the Meuse River valley in the Netherlands where the first specimens were discovered Mosasaurus baugei specifically refers to a species within this genus, characterized by particular anatomical features that distinguish it from other Mosasaurus species, such as M. hoffmann