07206 - Top Huge 2.81 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Coltraneia The dentary :14 prismatic teeth

The dentary :14 prismatic teeth are present

It is a very rare piece

Unidentified species

Nat Hist Museum Maastricht

07206 - Top Huge 2.81 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Coltraneia The dentary :14 prismatic teethIt 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