20552 - Top Huge 1.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Vertebra Bone Paleocene Koneprusia -A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from

-A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods

Beautiful specimen of Vanadinite crystals in natural Manganese-Iron Matrix

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Upper Cretaceous)

pterygoid with short palatine process at about 45° relative to the ectopterygoid process

20552 - Top Huge 1.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Vertebra Bone Paleocene Koneprusia -A Giant Chelonioid Turtle fromImpressive and huge vertebra of this shark species. It is not common to find such large vertebrae. This vertebra has been stabilized on its surface by Paraloid B 72 to ensure its stability and consistency. This process does not affect neither the color nor any of the characteristics. It simply makes the specimen better preserved in the long term. It has small glued fractures, but no fabrication. Otudus is a genus belonging to the shark group known as