20778 - Top Huge 2.44 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Neoceratodus africanus Gabriceraurus

Gabriceraurus

It still preserves a thin layer of the gravelly natural sediment in its surface

Illaenoides

2 ft) long when fully grown

20778 - Top Huge 2.44 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Neoceratodus africanus GabriceraurusIt 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