T60 - Rare Huge 3.30 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Andradite Finest Grade specimen

Finest Grade specimen

de Lapparent de Broin 2002 (crocodilian)

PaleoDB taxon number: 19388

Beautiful example of a polished section of this rare type of unclasified Enstatite Chondrite

Its type locality is Oak Springs Section (ICS-1024)

T60 - Rare Huge 3.30 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Andradite Finest Grade specimenScientific name: Basilosaurus sp Probably Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor) Location: Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco Geological Formation: Boujdour Basin, Middle Late Eocene Phosphate Outcrops Age: Middle Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years) Size (long): 8. 4cm = 3. 30Inch REF.: T60 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare