20782 - Top Huge 2.98 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Enchodus Despite some teeth having restorations

Despite some teeth having restorations or reparations

Cheirurinae

which were agile and seasoned hunters

(2015) made an important revision of the cretaceous association of continental fish in the south of Morocco

20782 - Top Huge 2.98 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Enchodus Despite some teeth having restorationsIt 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