88458 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Phylloceras It is a magnificent acquisition
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Description
It is a magnificent acquisition for any collection
which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial claystone in the Ifezouane Formation of Morocco
recently Ibreahim et al
The Cretaceous in this zone of Africa possesses a wide association of reptiles and dinosaurs
The main rich levels in these paleontological taxons are in the deeper stratigraphic levels of the sedimentarian filling of the Ouled Abdoun Basin
88458 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Phylloceras It is a magnificent acquisitionIt has some 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 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