G54 - Top Rare Huge 14,1cm Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Desert Rose Walcott 1908 (trilobite)
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Walcott 1908 (trilobite)
Mimetaster hexagonalis and Marrella have long been regarded as closely related (Stürmer & Bergström 1976
C59 - Nice Rolled 1
from the Akrabou Formation
Kunda Regional Stage
G54 - Top Rare Huge 14,1cm Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Desert Rose Walcott 1908 (trilobite)Scientific 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. 1cm = 5. 55Inch REF.: G54 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare