T143 - Rare Huge 4.29 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth in Jaw Bone Cobaltoan calcite Alanqa saharica

Alanqa saharica

Phillips Comments: Work name RW17-2

Proetus fardenensis

Geological Formation: Erlhaz FmAge: Lower Cretaceous

Nannopeltis

T143 - Rare Huge 4.29 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth in Jaw Bone Cobaltoan calcite Alanqa saharicaScientific 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): 10. 9cm = 4. 29Inch REF.: T143 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare