Is Khinjaria acuta the rarest mosasaur in the moroccan phosphate mines ?

[Brevicollis]

Hello, I have a question.

 

Is Khinjaria acuta the rarest mosasaur to find in the Moroccan phosphate mines ?
I only know that one partial skull has been found of this species so far, and I recently saw that one of the mosa experts had published two photos of a Khinjaria tooth.

And now I saw an already sold tooth, that really looked like Khinjaria. Maybe I'll post about it later.

[North]

I think that find might be too recent to make that call. There might be more finds in the future.

For example at one point Carinodens belgicus teeth were rare, but are now more reasonable to find.

 

I'm waiting when the first ones appear in the forum. 

[Mark Kmiecik]

The rarest one is the one that exists there but hasn't been found yet.

 

 

 

Edited June 29 by Mark Kmiecik
typo

[PaleoNoel]

On 6/28/2024 at 4:40 AM, North said:

I think that find might be too recent to make that call. There might be more finds in the future.

For example at one point Carinodens belgicus teeth were rare, but are now more reasonable to find.

I'm waiting when the first ones appear in the forum. 

Agreed, Carinodens teeth appear with relatively high frequency these days. 

Xenodens, however is something I consistently keep an eye out for and never see available. Khinjaria seem to have more typical mosasaur teeth (at least compared to the aforementioned taxa), and may therefore be something that appears more commonly for sale. However, I am just speculating. If anyone has a Khinjaria tooth I'd be interested in seeing a pic.

[Brevicollis]

Does somebody here in this Forum even own a Xenodens calminechari tooth ?

Edited July 3 by Brevicollis

[North]

51 minutes ago, Brevicollis said:

Does somebody here in this Forum even own a Xenodens calminechari tooth ?

I don't think so.

Atleast last time the search was still on.

 

3 hours ago, PaleoNoel said:

If anyone has a Khinjaria tooth I'd be interested in seeing a pic.

No need to go far, since Brevicollis spotted the pictures. First two.

https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/142871-mosasaur-tooth-id-wanted/

 

I agree. Khinjaria seems an type of mosasaur that can be more common when right layers are revealed.

 

[Praefectus]

On 7/3/2024 at 12:49 AM, Brevicollis said:

Does somebody here in this Forum even own a Xenodens calminechari tooth ?

Yes

[Brevicollis]

 

3 minutes ago, Praefectus said:

Yes

You ?

[Praefectus]

On 7/5/2024 at 2:03 PM, Brevicollis said:

 

You ?

Yes. Sorry, I don't have a picture handy at the moment. 

[Jaybot]

On 6/28/2024 at 1:35 PM, Mark Kmiecik said:

The rarest one is the one that exists there but hasn't been found yet.

 

 

 

Very true.  I like that kind of thinking

[North]

1 hour ago, Praefectus said:

Yes. Sorry, I don't have a picture handy at the moment. 

I knew if someone is going to get one of those it will be you.   

[JorisVV]

The rarest mosasaur i got ahold of was Mosasaurus Lemonnieri, was supposed to go to @Praefectusbut kinda dropped it 🤣

[Brevicollis]

@JorisVV What part of M. lemonnieri ? A tooth ?

Do you still have it, glued, or sold, and have you a picture of it ?

 

Or was this a joke I didnt understand ?

[North]

1 hour ago, JorisVV said:

The rarest mosasaur i got ahold of was Mosasaurus Lemonnieri, was supposed to go to @Praefectusbut kinda dropped it 🤣

That would have been cool.

Where it was from?

[JorisVV]

3 hours ago, North said:

That would have been cool.

Where it was from?

A quarry in Belgium

[JorisVV]

4 hours ago, Brevicollis said:

@JorisVV What part of M. lemonnieri ? A tooth ?

Do you still have it, glued, or sold, and have you a picture of it ?

 

Or was this a joke I didnt understand ?

A tooth. Glued it and sold it. Such a shame cause it was the best mosasaur tooth i have ever (could) have owned.

[Brevicollis]

On 6/28/2024 at 10:40 AM, North said:

I'm waiting when the first ones appear in the forum. 

I just wondered if someone here managed to obtain one by now, or if any other teeth of this species have been found and published by now. I've seen none new so far, only the specimen from Nick Longrich.

 

Seems like its still a rare species.

[North]

2 hours ago, Brevicollis said:

I just wondered if someone here managed to obtain one by now, or if any other teeth of this species have been found and published by now. I've seen none new so far, only the specimen from Nick Longrich.

 

Seems like its still a rare species.

Hard to say since if someone has one, it might not have been announced.

But Im not aware if anyone has one.

 

It might take some time that those pop up, or those might stay rare.