88457 - Top Beautiful OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Rebbachisaurus abundant in the Devonian of

abundant in the Devonian of North Africa

Because of this

featuring intense and brilliant orange tones

a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco

The preparation work has been carried out by electric striker

88457 - Top Beautiful OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Rebbachisaurus abundant in the Devonian ofIt has some glued fractures. 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 and vertebrae. As all the Elasmobranchii, the skeleton has a cartilaginous non osseous nature, what makes difficult its fossilization