G52 - Top Rare Huge 5.82'' Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Quartz Maastrichtian of Belgium (Lingham-Soliar

Maastrichtian of Belgium (Lingham-Soliar

FSU) Small chondrules present (mean diameter ~260 µm)

Nice specimen of this close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex

It is interesting to observe its characteristic hollow bone

Plicatoscyllium

G52 - Top Rare Huge 5.82'' Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Quartz Maastrichtian of Belgium (Lingham-SoliarScientific 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): 14. 8cm = 5. 82Inch REF.: G52 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare