88455 - Top Beautiful OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Paleocarcharodon lined with barbed teeth

lined with barbed teeth

Its morphology enabled it being a very specialized marine predator

Its enamel color varies between different varieties

Wonderful polished specimen of this Devonian rugose Coral (Hexagonaria)

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88455 - Top Beautiful OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Paleocarcharodon lined with barbed teethOtudus 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 and vertebrae. As all the Elasmobranchii, the skeleton has a cartilaginous non osseous nature, what makes difficult its fossilization process. . The teeth of this