20347 - Top Black 2.29 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Mosasaur Chimaerastella

Chimaerastella

Optically clear transparent fluorite lenses have low dispersion

plagioclase is albite rich Xab = 0

” H and L (designating the amount of metal contained) type chondrites have been already extensively studied

Wasson (UCLA)

20347 - Top Black 2.29 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Mosasaur ChimaerastellaIt 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