20131 - Top Huge Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Brittlestar Floian stage (~477 Million Years)

Floian stage (~477 Million Years)

In the following link we can also find a study where an Abelisaurid is described in this sector based on the proximal area of a femur:

This enormous Prognathodon tooth in natural matrix is preserved in exceptional way

It has small filled sector inside one of the fractures

Major element composition of the light lithology (XRF

20131 - Top Huge Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Brittlestar Floian stage (~477 Million Years)Scientific name: Basilosaurus sp Probably Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor) Location: Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco Geological Formation: Boujdour Basin, Middle Late Eocene Phosphate Outcrops Age: Middle Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years) Size (long): 13,3cm REF.: 20131 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare specimen