20774 - Top Huge 2.54 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Plesiosaur teeth It has several restored fractures

It has several restored fractures

The living animal would have resembled a pentamerously symmetrical disc or cushion

The rostrum most likely would have had electrosensors to detect food in the water below them like most modern sharks and some rays

has been prepared as free-standing on the matrix

It inhabited the seas of the Paleocene between 60 and 55 million years ago

20774 - Top Huge 2.54 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Plesiosaur teeth It has several restored fracturesIt 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