20684 - Extremely Rare 2.43 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Mosasaur pathologically deformed with beautiful orangish hues

with beautiful orangish hues

we can observe a fly (Diptera sp - Dolichopodidae)

Sister taxa: Pharostoma

Etched pieces range from shiny with well-developed Neumann bands

20684 - Extremely Rare 2.43 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Mosasaur pathologically deformed with beautiful orangish huesPappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare specimen from an early evolutionary stage of the modern whale. In the phosphate basins of the Moroccan Western Sahara, the fossil record of these enormous vertebrates is very well represented, of this type of cetaceans that speak of an evolutionary transition from land to sea. The protocetids had large fore limbs and hindlimbs that