G54 - Top Rare Huge 14,1cm Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Desert Rose 53'' Dendrocystites Carpoid Fossil Ordovician

53'' Dendrocystites Carpoid Fossil Ordovician Ktaoua Fm

Kunda Regional Stage

Pakistan (1)

Pretty phalanx well preserved

Mimetaster hexagonalis and Marrella have long been regarded as closely related (Stürmer & Bergström 1976

G54 - Top Rare Huge 14,1cm Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Desert Rose 53'' Dendrocystites Carpoid Fossil OrdovicianScientific 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): 14. 1cm = 5. 55Inch REF.: G54 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare