20538 - Strongly Serrated 1.61 Inch Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (Pygmy white Shark) Tooth Dicranurus Parenchodus

Parenchodus

such as this sharp spine in its flipper

Nicely extremely rare specimen of this interesting species

Beautiful dental plate of Lepidotes pankowskii

It can be seen how part of its thin outer layer (the enamel) has lost by erosion and has exposed the underlying layer of dentine

20538 - Strongly Serrated 1.61 Inch Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (Pygmy white Shark) Tooth Dicranurus ParenchodusThis is one of the sharks with sharpest and most serrated edges of all the assemblage in the Paleogene phosphate quarries of the Oulad Abdoun Basin (Morocco). The lateral serrations are really spectacular. It is still sharp, with an intact tip. Its root is also completely original, not like many which are sold online. It is difficult to find better specimens than this one. The serrate lateral cusplets are also well preserved. The genus