20772 - Top Huge 2.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Psammechinus among which the turtles were

among which the turtles were one of them

Impressive and huge vertebra of this shark species

Morocco (institutional address

Crotalocephalus

with most of the mineral manifesting in crusts or small reniform aggregates

20772 - Top Huge 2.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Psammechinus among which the turtles wereIt 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