20779 - Top Huge 2.62 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Basilosaurus (Primitive Whale) Wooden frame with glass front

Wooden frame with glass front

It does not have any type of restoration or repair

Some of these studies are: Apesteguía 2005

Then we leave a link to an interesting reading on the understanding of the paleoecology of these interesting ammonites:

where the transportation energy was relatively high

20779 - Top Huge 2.62 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Basilosaurus (Primitive Whale) Wooden frame with glass frontIt 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