88464 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Ceratodus humei It is preserved in full
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
It is preserved in full
59 Inch = 15
In the following link you could find an article that deals with the study of a population of isolated teeth that come from this sector
In the Ifezouane Fm were some very weird fish with very weird teeth particularly among the pycnodontids
its excellent preservation is something much more difficult to find
88464 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Ceratodus humei It is preserved in fullOtudus 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 process. . The teeth of this