88465 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene scales we can observe a fly

we can observe a fly (Diptera sp - Dolichopodidae)

97 in) It has a series of fractures but they have only been glued

during the Cenomanian stages of the mid-Cretaceous Period

Impressive specimen of the brittlestar genus Ophiura

and found in the same fossiliferous locations of the Moroccan Cretaceous

88465 - Top Huge OTODUS OBLIQUUS (mackerel shark) Tooth Paleocene scales we can observe a flyOtudus 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 and vertebrae. As all the Elasmobranchii, the skeleton has a cartilaginous non osseous nature, what makes difficult its fossilization process. . The teeth of this