T139 - Rare Huge 3.54 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Dysplanus centrotus Obviously some of its details

Obviously some of its details have been restored trying to provide the original morphology

also known as turkey fat or zinc spar

Eocarcharia dinops (Sereno & Brusatte

abundant new material has been obtained from the Maastrichtian to the Ypresian phosphatic basins of Morocco

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

T139 - Rare Huge 3.54 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Dysplanus centrotus Obviously some of its detailsScientific name: Basilosaurus sp Probably Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor) Location: Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco Geological Formation: Boujdour Basin, Middle Late Eocene Phosphate Outcrops Age: Middle Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years) Size (long): 9cm = 3. 54Inch REF.: T139 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare