88458 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Phylloceras which is in a Cenomanian
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in the Kem Kem Formation of Morocco
The main rich levels in these paleontological taxons are in the deeper stratigraphic levels of the sedimentarian filling of the Ouled Abdoun Basin
The morphology of this tooth
48 Inch = 12
which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial claystone in the Ifezouane Formation of Morocco
88458 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Phylloceras which is in a CenomanianIt has some glued fractures. Otudus 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