20591 - Extremely Rare 6.34 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Partial Left Hemi Jaw Anetoceras Absolutely unique specimen and worthy

Absolutely unique specimen and worthy of study and scientific publication

This partial jaw was broken in small sector during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together and there is no restoration and no fabrication

Mainly the tip of the distal end

Specimens: Type specimens include 2406 g

Dicranurus sp: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)

20591 - Extremely Rare 6.34 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Partial Left Hemi Jaw Anetoceras Absolutely unique specimen and worthyPappocetus 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