20685 - Extremely Rare 2.39 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Rebbachisaurus Another reason for the lack

Another reason for the lack of complete dinosaur bones in this region is the destructive methodology normally employed by the local miners in their excavations

This tooth was broken in the end of the root during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together and there is no restoration and no fabrication

J Kloc 1997

They have an exceptional conservation

buried ~50 cm below the surface

20685 - Extremely Rare 2.39 Inch Pappocetus lugardi (Whale Ancestor) Incisor Rooted Tooth Rebbachisaurus Another reason for the lackPappocetus 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