20772 - Top Huge 2.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Psammechinus Fossils have been found in

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

with most of the mineral manifesting in crusts or small reniform aggregates

Coloborhynchus clavirostris and Uktenadactylus probably formed together a clade within Anhangueridae

Crotalocephalus

and its typical preglabelar structure

20772 - Top Huge 2.56 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Psammechinus Fossils have been found inIt 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