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Product Description
ID
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Otodus obliquus
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FOUND
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Phosphate Deposits - Khouribga, Morocco
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AGE
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PALEOCENE: 60 million years ago
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SIZE
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4" x 3" overall with matrix,
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CONDITION
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NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.
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NOTE
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DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN ORIGINAL
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Actual Item - One Only
Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet |
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This is a fossilized shark tooth from the extinct Otodus obliquus shark, also known as the Mackeral Shark. The tooth is embedded in its original portion of phosphate mine matrix in which it was found. As a bonus, you can see other fossils in the matrix that may include fish coprolites, bones and other small teeth. NO REPAIR OR FABRICATION.
This fossilized shark tooth once graced the ferocious jaws of a large shark now extinct, named Otodus obliquus, aka Mackeral Shark. This creature is thought to be at the heart of the White shark family tree and the original ancestor of Megalodon. These teeth are found in hard sandstone rock matrix in the phosphate mines in Khouribga, Morocco. The features of these teeth are common to all Otodus species, a massive root and large separate cusplets flanking the much larger, and heavy center crown. The characteristics indicate a highly developed and efficient hunter-killer. The Otodus obliquus shark was king of the Paleocene seas 60 million years ago and was a massive and ferocious predator.
