06145 - Top Huge 2.93 Inch OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Brochantite Chennaoui Aoudjehane

Chennaoui Aoudjehane

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06145 - Top Huge 2.93 Inch OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Brochantite Chennaoui AoudjehaneOtudus 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 and vertebrae. As all the Elasmobranchii, the skeleton has a cartilaginous non osseous nature, what makes difficult its fossilization process. . The teeth of this