20779 - Top Huge 2.62 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Basilosaurus (Primitive Whale) Late Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

geological history

present in the same deposits

Beautiful juvenile Carcharodontosaurus tooth

Salter 1867 (trilobite)

20779 - Top Huge 2.62 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Basilosaurus (Primitive Whale) Late CretaceousIt is a tooth from an enormous shark species Otudus obliquus. It is preserved in its natural matrix. Its preservation is very good, with a premium quality enamel. Otudus is a genus belonging to the shark group known as mackerel sharks. It reigned the seas during the Paleocene and the Eocene (60 45 million years ago). It is a quite dominant species in the phosphate quarries in this sector of Morocco. This species has only been described via its teeth