20772 - Top Huge 2.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Psammechinus complete and without restorations or

complete and without restorations or reparations

Fossils have been found in marine strata in what is now Europe

which in the search of teeth

among which the turtles were one of them

20772 - Top Huge 2.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Psammechinus complete and without restorations orIt 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