20773 - Top Huge 2.46 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Orthoclase (Feldspar) with secondary growth of irregularly-shaped
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
with secondary growth of irregularly-shaped (to 1 mm) kamacite
Enchodus gracilis
Craspedarges
Type: Esox lewesiensis
we have all of its postcranial skeleton
20773 - Top Huge 2.46 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Orthoclase (Feldspar) with secondary growth of irregularly-shapedIt 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