30767 - Well Preserved 3.09 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Gypsum as well as the lines

as well as the lines of Widmanstätten suggests that can be an octaedrite

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Peronopsis curtus

Classifier: J

30767 - Well Preserved 3.09 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Gypsum as well as the linesIt 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