20688 - Extremely Rare 2.17 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Mosasaur Jaws †Mammites nodosoides

†Mammites nodosoides

Enormous Prognathodon tooth

Maastrichtian of Belgium (Lingham-Soliar

It is a piece with a size that exceeds that of the average for its species

we can observe a fly (Diptera sp - Dolichopodidae)

20688 - Extremely Rare 2.17 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Mosasaur Jaws †Mammites nodosoidesPappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare specimen from an early evolutionary stage of the modern whale. In the phosphate basins of the Moroccan Western Sahara, the fossil record of these enormous vertebrates is very well represented, of this type of cetaceans that speak of an evolutionary transition from land to sea. The protocetids had large fore limbs and hindlimbs that