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

Late Cretaceous

where the transportation energy was relatively high

geological history

Great collection of 7 specimens

It does not have any type of restoration or repair

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