20347 - Top Black 2.29 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Mosasaur This is a extreme rarity

This is a extreme rarity coming from the Paleocene phosphate quarries of the sedimentarian basin of Ouled Abdoun (Morocco)

As it corresponds with the family Styginidae

The name is from the Ancient Greek for "straight fracture

Optically clear transparent fluorite lenses have low dispersion

Tooth 2: 80 mm (3

20347 - Top Black 2.29 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Mosasaur This is a extreme rarityIt 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