07235 - Collector Grade 1.46 Inch Notidanodon loozi (Cow Shark) Tooth Agate but its fossilization is tremendously
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but its fossilization is tremendously beautiful too
See also Antunes 1964
it is very appropriate for subject matter experts
Amber piece size: 0
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
07235 - Collector Grade 1.46 Inch Notidanodon loozi (Cow Shark) Tooth Agate but its fossilization is tremendouslyThis type of shark teeth is one of the most beautiful from the assemblage in the phosphate rocks in the Paleocene of the Oulad Abdoun Basin (Morocco). This tooth has an outstanding preservation. The enamel in each of the cusps has a beautiful beige color. The details of the osseous structure of the root are astonishingly well defined. It is a tooth of the lower jaw of a cow shark. Specifically it is the species Notidanodon loozi (Vincent, 1876). This