Description
- Globidens phosphaticus
- Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian stage, (~66 Million Years)
- Ouled sidi chennane Basin (Phosphate beds)
- Oued Zem, Morocco
- North Africa
- This unusual mosasaur tooth measures .97″ wide and will come in a 1.35″ x 1.35″ Perky Box as shown (Stock photo of a tooth in a perky box)
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Globidens (“Globe teeth”) is an extinct genus of mosasaur lizard classified as part of the Globidensini tribe in the Mosasaurinae subfamily.
Globidens alabamaensis was the first species of Globidens described, in a publication by Charles W. Gilmore (1912). It is used as the type specimen for Globidens.
Globidens belongs to the family Mosasauridae, which consists of several genera of predatory marine reptiles prevalent during the Late Cretaceous. Specimens of Globidens have been discovered in Syria, North America, Morocco, Angola, and Indonesia. Among mosasaurs, Globidens is probably most well known for its highly rounded, globe-like teeth.
