I n 2021, a groundbreaking study published in the Cretaceous Research journal unveiled the discovery of a new mosasaur species in Morocco. This marine lizard, described as having «shark teeth ...

Morocco is uniquely rich in mosasaur fossils, says Henry Sharpe at the University of Alberta in Canada. “Miners working in the phosphate mines come across mosasaurs all the time.” The problem ...

An incomplete jawbone and four sharp teeth of Xenodens calminechari were discovered in a phosphate mine in Morocco known for the circulation of forged fossils and falsified features. A Mosasaur.

The discovery of a mosasaur fossil in a phosphate mine in Morocco has raised concerns over its authenticity. Initially described in 2021 as a new species, Xenodens calminechari, the fossil ...

Mosasaur species, which are the largest predators ... The fossil was reportedly found in a phosphate mine in Morocco's Khouribga province, a region notorious for producing fossils with potentially ...

Mosasaurs "replaced their teeth continuously ... Wahiba Bel Haouz, a researcher at Morocco's University of Hassan II Casablanca, who was also not involved in the research, said the country doesn ...

When phosphate miners in Morocco accidentally uncovered a fossil ... then wrote a paper describing the fossil as belonging to a new species of mosasaur -- a large carnivorous marine reptile ...

We can confirm the authenticity of the fossil (25 January, p 21). Our team includes world experts in Moroccan mosasaurs. Having published 20 papers, described 10 new mosasaurids, examined ...