20970 - Top Huge 2.25 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Lepidotes scales Not only the tooth belongs

Not only the tooth belongs to an inusual theropod family

have been analyzed by our fellow researchers from the Applied Petrology Loboratory of the University of Alicante (Environment and Earth Sciences Department)

Widmanstätten pattern not evident in the small sections studied

but has also been identified in the sclerites of scaly-foot gastropods

vesicular masses

20970 - Top Huge 2.25 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Lepidotes scales Not only the tooth belongsIt 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