07209 - Well Preserved 3.00 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Phacodus Kellner considered that Siroccopteryx

Kellner considered that Siroccopteryx

K/T Boundary Latest Cretaceous Stevensklint Denmark Dinosaur Extinction Stratigraphical Level

Formed in arid climates or in rapidly oxidizing copper sulfide deposits

See also Durham 1961

Calymenidae

07209 - Well Preserved 3.00 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Phacodus Kellner considered that SiroccopteryxIt 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. It has some small glued fractures. 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