20685 - Extremely Rare 2.39 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Rebbachisaurus buried ~50 cm below the

buried ~50 cm below the surface

Samples (polished thin-sections) also were studied under scanning electron microscope (Research Technical Services – UA)

Age range: 436

sharing habitat with dinosaurs such as the Spinosaurus

They have an exceptional conservation

20685 - Extremely Rare 2.39 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Rebbachisaurus buried ~50 cm below thePappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare specimen from an early evolutionary stage of the modern whale. In the phosphate basins of the Moroccan Western Sahara, the fossil record of these enormous vertebrates is very well represented, of this type of cetaceans that speak of an evolutionary transition from land to sea. The protocetids had large fore limbs and hindlimbs that