21014 - Top Rare 2.41 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Aidachar PaleoDB taxon number: 33430

PaleoDB taxon number: 33430

This piece has been stabilized on its surface by Paraloid B-72 to ensure its stability and consistency

These mineralizations are responsible for the wide range of beautiful reddish color tones

estuary/bay (1)

Fossils of various species have been found on all continents except Antarctica

21014 - Top Rare 2.41 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Aidachar PaleoDB taxon number: 33430Pappocetus 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