J483 - Nicely Preserved Basilosaurid cf Pappocetus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Tooth in Partial Dentary Bone Spinosaurus Claws (Northwest Africa)

(Northwest Africa)

: #1047DESCRIPTION: Unusual specimen

Parent taxon: Ptychagnostidae according to G

Size (long): 10

J483 - Nicely Preserved Basilosaurid cf Pappocetus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Tooth in Partial Dentary Bone Spinosaurus Claws (Northwest Africa)Nicely preserved premolar tooth from Pappocetus lugardi, a type of protocetid cetacean (early whale ancestor). It is still positioned within the partial dentary and naturally associated with it, in its natural alveoli. These outstanding teeth come from the Middle Eocene age Aridal and Samlat Formations, located in the Western Sahara near Gueran, Morocco. They're commonly found associated with teeth of the shark Otodus sokolovi (Carcharocles