88202 - Top Huge 2.40 Inch OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Rare west of Hamada du Guir

west of Hamada du Guir

but not quite as large as Spinosaurus

They preserve the structures with amazing detail

Without doubt this is a perfect example of the dentition of the fearsome Otudus obliquus

88202 - Top Huge 2.40 Inch OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene Rare west of Hamada du GuirOtudus 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