05353 - Nicely Preserved 1.35 Inch Serrated Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (Pygmy white Shark) Tooth Selenopeltis Dalmanitidae
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Description
Dalmanitidae
The vertebral body is preserved
Enchodus lamberti
it is a spectacular specimen
Rare specimen
05353 - Nicely Preserved 1.35 Inch Serrated Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (Pygmy white Shark) Tooth Selenopeltis DalmanitidaeThis 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