30767 - Well Preserved 3.09 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Gypsum Owen and Bruton 1980

Owen and Bruton 1980

Mosasaurus baugei

Ptychagnostus aksayensis

Dresbachia

Classifier: J

30767 - Well Preserved 3.09 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Gypsum Owen and Bruton 1980It 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