30766 - Top Beautiful 3.19 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Menomonia Year found: 2001

Year found: 2001

165 g of this rare type of Carbonaceous Chondrite CM

Line 0: Place of purchase: Morocco Date: P 2017 Apr Mass (g): 2808 Pieces: many Class: Lunar (feldsp

Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae

Richterarges

30766 - Top Beautiful 3.19 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Menomonia Year found: 2001It 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