Globidens phospaticus Bardet & Pereda Suberbiola
Globidens was a very specialised Mosasaur. The teeth are blunt and rounded. An adaptation for a diet of shellfish ( clams etc). All the other Mosasaurs had pointed sharp teeth and were apex predators. Fine beautifully preserved single matrix free tooth with root.
Cretaceous, Upper Maastrichtian
Ouled Abdoun, Morocco.
Tooth : 5 cm long. .
