07206 - Top Huge 2.81 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Coltraneia Nat Hist Museum Maastricht

Nat Hist Museum Maastricht

Cyphaspides

721 families of gastropods are known

after having performed comparisons with the last available rests of published fish from this area

Apart from having a relevant raw material to be extracted

07206 - Top Huge 2.81 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Coltraneia Nat Hist Museum MaastrichtIt is a tooth from an enormous shark species Otudus obliquus. It is preserved in its natural matrix. Its preservation is very good, with a premium quality enamel. Otudus 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