88454 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Cretolamna found in the Cretaceous zone

found in the Cretaceous zone of the Kem Kem

It is the phalanx of the toe of a theropod dinosaur

As it corresponds with the family Lichidae

93 Inch = 23

It is still sharp

88454 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Cretolamna found in the Cretaceous zoneOtudus is a genus belonging to the shark group known as mackerel sharks. It reigned the seas during the Paleocene and the Eocene (60 45 million years ago). It is a quite dominant species in the phosphate quarries in this sector of Morocco. This species has only been described via its teeth and vertebrae. As all the Elasmobranchii, the skeleton has a cartilaginous non osseous nature, what makes difficult its fossilization process. . The teeth of this