20677 - Extremely Rare 3.11 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Orthoclase (Feldspar) although octahedral and more complex

although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon

This partial jaw was broken in some sectors during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together

Impressive and precious specimen of native gold

• Ordovician of China

20677 - Extremely Rare 3.11 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Orthoclase (Feldspar) although octahedral and more complexPappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare specimen from an early evolutionary stage of the modern whale. In the phosphate basins of the Moroccan Western Sahara, the fossil record of these enormous vertebrates is very well represented, of this type of cetaceans that speak of an evolutionary transition from land to sea. The protocetids had large fore limbs and hindlimbs that