20777 - Top Huge 2.40 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Carcharodontosaurus It has some glued and

It has some glued and restored (filled) fractures at the proximal end

Ebach and Ahyong 2001

Some small levels appeared with this lithology

The BSE images show that olivine is the most common phase

Cope 1869 (mosasaur)

20777 - Top Huge 2.40 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Carcharodontosaurus It has some glued andIt 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