20774 - Top Huge 2.54 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Plesiosaur teeth They have an exceptional conservation

They have an exceptional conservation

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The living animal would have resembled a pentamerously symmetrical disc or cushion

It inhabited the seas of the Paleocene between 60 and 55 million years ago

20774 - Top Huge 2.54 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Plesiosaur teeth They have an exceptional conservationIt 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