20776 - Top Huge 2.52 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Cambropallas This is a small rarity

This is a small rarity coming from the Paleocene phosphate quarries of the sedimentarian basin of Oulad Abdoun (Morocco)

producing highly convex anterior surfaces in lateral view

mixed soil

England (Lingham−Soliar1993)

Salgado 1999

20776 - Top Huge 2.52 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Cambropallas This is a small rarityIt is a tooth from an enormous shark species Otudus obliquus. It is preserved in its natural matrix. Its preservation is very good, with a premium quality enamel. 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