T108 - Nice 3.34 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth in Matrix Coelacanth Species Keichousaurus hui

Species Keichousaurus hui

Despite being nicknamed fool's gold

Estonia (3)

Metal-rich meteorites

It preserves the hypostome

T108 - Nice 3.34 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth in Matrix Coelacanth Species Keichousaurus huiScientific 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): 8. 5cm = 3. 34Inch REF.: T108 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare