20777 - Top Huge 2.40 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Carcharodontosaurus Matrix dimensions: 210 x 142

Matrix dimensions: 210 x 142 x 44 mm

Some small levels appeared with this lithology

marginal teeth bearing 3-5 prisms on the labial surface and 8-9 on the lingal surface

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

- Laganosuchus maghrebensis (Sereno & Larsson

20777 - Top Huge 2.40 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Carcharodontosaurus Matrix dimensions: 210 x 142It 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