T57 - Rare Huge 4.64 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Howardites † Eldredgeia

† Eldredgeia

Mass: 2553 kg

The stones are almost completely coated by glistening black fusion crust

This is a small rarity coming from the Paleogene phosphate quarries of the sedimentarian basin of Oulad Abdoun (Morocco)

† Diplagnostus

T57 - Rare Huge 4.64 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Howardites † EldredgeiaScientific 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): 11. 8cm = 4. 64Inch REF.: T57 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare