20781 - Top Huge 2.03 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Notidanodon Impressive natural association of 10
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Description
Impressive natural association of 10 huge vertebrae of this unidentified mosasaur species in its phosphatic matrix
Pibyl and Vanek 1964 (trilobite)
Diagnosis: Very large mosasaurine mosasaur teeth bearing 1-2 prisms on the labial surface
The Cretaceous in this zone of Africa possesses a wide association of reptiles and dinosaurs
A great part of it is still under a thin layer of the original sandy and gravelly sediment
20781 - Top Huge 2.03 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Notidanodon Impressive natural association of 10It 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