Description: GENUINE/AUTHENTIC BOX LOT OF SHARK TEETH IN ORIGINAL FOSSIL MATRIX (FOSSIL LAYER SEDIMENTARY ROCK) Plus x 1 Fossil Mosasaur Tooth in Matrix. GENUS OTODUS OBLIQUUS, EXTINCT MACKEREL SHARK & MOSASAUR. For size comparison; Flat box size: 30 cm x 28 cm x 6 cm. Genus: Prognathodon giganteus mosasaurus. (Mosasauridae family).Age: Cretaceous, Turonian to Maastrichtian, 135,000,000 to 65,000,000 years.Origin: Khouribga formation, Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa. Genus: Otodus Obliquus Shark teeth.Age: Cenozoic era, late Palaeocene, approximately 50 to 70 million years.Origin: Phosphate deposits of Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Northern Sahara, Morocco. Khouribga is the capital of Khouribga Province in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region. Approximate weight: 3,000 g Genuine fossil sharks teeth from the Late Cretaceous to the early Eocene periods of North Africa, up to 70,000,000 years. The Otodus obliquus was a very large Macro-predatory shark with the largest recorded tooth measuring 10.4cm in length. With each discovery, we are able to determine more about these powerful sharks which roamed the prehistoric seas of the Cenozoic era. Otodus was a fearsome predatory shark growing to a maximum length of 39 feet. Their prey being smaller marine mammals including smaller sharks. Scientist and palaeontologists theorise the Otodus obliquus ancestry connects to that of the great Megalodon from the Miocene era, evolving for around 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 years and now down we can enjoy the modern Great white sharks. This is the lineage of Carcharocles as we understand it today. As like most elasmobranchs, the skeletons of Otodus obliquus sharks were cartilaginous, cartilage easily is broken down by bacteria resulting in most discoveries missing the skeletal structures which can be seen in many other vertebrate fossil depositions. The Otodus obliquus was a very large Macro-predatory shark with the largest recorded tooth measuring 10.4 cm in length. With each discovery, we are able to determine more about these powerful sharks which roamed the prehistoric seas of the Cenozoic era. Otodus was a fearsome predatory shark growing to a maximum length of 39 feet. Their prey being smaller marine mammals including smaller sharks. Scientist and palaeontologists theorise the Otodus obliquus ancestry connects to that of the great Megalodon from the Miocene era, evolving for around 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 years and now down we can enjoy the modern Great white sharks. This is the lineage of Carcharocles as we understand it today. All specimen fossils up to 70 to 50 million years old, discovered in the phosphate beds of khouribga, near Casablanca, Morocco, in North Africa. Age: Cenozoic era, late Palaeocene, approximately 50 to 70 million years.Origin: Phosphate deposits of Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Northern Sahara, Morocco. Adequately described with a leaflet of origin and size diagrams of the teeth found in this particular fossil layer deposit.
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Sub-Type: Shark Teeth
Type: Fossils
EXTINCT SHARK: Otodus obliquus
Shape: Natural
Country/Region of Manufacture: Morocco
Finish: Unpolished
Wholesale: Wholesale box lot
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