06878 - Top Huge 2.46 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Vertebra Bone Paleocene Platecarpus ptychodon Embryophyta

Embryophyta

Specimen prepared excellently

2 ft) long

In September 2011

which presents many pathological deformations in its dentition

06878 - Top Huge 2.46 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Vertebra Bone Paleocene Platecarpus ptychodon EmbryophytaImpressive and huge vertebra of this shark species. It is not common to find such large vertebrae. This vertebra has been stabilized on its surface by Paraloid B 72 to ensure its stability and consistency. This process does not affect neither the color nor any of the characteristics. It simply makes the specimen better preserved in the long term. It has small glued fractures, but no fabrication. Otudus is a genus belonging to the shark group known as