88464 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Ceratodus humei Its robust lateral serrations are

Its robust lateral serrations are distributed along the edge up until the sharp tip

its excellent preservation is something much more difficult to find

Its morphology is identical to that of an adult individual

except the first two

59 Inch = 15

88464 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Ceratodus humei Its robust lateral serrations areOtudus 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 and vertebrae. As all the Elasmobranchii, the skeleton has a cartilaginous non osseous nature, what makes difficult its fossilization process. . The teeth of this