06146 - Top Huge 1.21 Inch OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Cyclopyge One of the main reasons

One of the main reasons is their natural wear due to the vegetarian diet

Comments: Approved 27 Apr 2013

Tabuce et al

Environments: coastal

microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)

06146 - Top Huge 1.21 Inch OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Cyclopyge One of the main reasonsOtudus 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