20243 - Nicely Preserved Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Eucosmus Middle Aseri Regional Stage

Middle Aseri Regional Stage

Dulanaspis

Trace impurities of iron and aluminium are typically present

tooth crowns nearly straight

Chlorite and barite are scarcer and appear as alteration

20243 - Nicely Preserved Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Eucosmus Middle Aseri Regional StageScientific 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): 6,7cm REF.: 20243 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare specimen