G52 - Top Rare Huge 5.82'' Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Quartz Impressive huge vertebra of this

Impressive huge vertebra of this species of Elasmosaurus in its phosphatic matrix

Environments: marine (24 collections)

although both have fenestral openings in their frills

No restoration

G52 - Top Rare Huge 5.82'' Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Quartz Impressive huge vertebra of thisScientific name: Basilosaurus sp Probably Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor) Location: Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco Geological Formation: Boujdour Basin, Middle Late Eocene Phosphate Outcrops Age: Middle Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years) Size (long): 14. 8cm = 5. 82Inch REF.: G52 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare