20778 - Top Huge 2.44 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Neoceratodus africanus 2 ft) long when fully

2 ft) long when fully grown

Thomas and Owens 1978 and Warburg 1925

Usually the two edges have equally developed serrations

Upper Cretaceous)

indicating in orange the position of the  phalanx bones

20778 - Top Huge 2.44 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Neoceratodus africanus 2 ft) long when fullyIt 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