T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Enchodus Erythrite crystallizes in the monoclinic
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Description
Erythrite crystallizes in the monoclinic system and forms prismatic crystals
Platypeltoides
Age: Middle Devonian
Denmark (3)
Northwest Africa 11667
T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Enchodus Erythrite crystallizes in the monoclinicScientific name: Basilosaurus sp Probably Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor) Location: Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco Geological Formation: Boujdour Basin, Middle Late Eocene Phosphate Outcrops Age: Middle Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years) Size (long): 10cm = 3. 93Inch REF.: T141 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare