07210 - Beautiful 2.91 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Mammites nodosoides 1371/journal

1371/journal

as rhabdites

Phacopinae

The teeth have been added to the rostrum in order to depict the magnanimity of this animal

non Swainson

07210 - Beautiful 2.91 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Mammites nodosoides 1371/journalIt 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