20780 - Top Huge 2.36 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Thescelosaurus Rare devonian cephalopod species

Rare devonian cephalopod species

Preserve two huge teeth

See also Applegate 1970

outside of the usual for its species

This species of Perisphinctes comes from the classic locality of the Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian stage) of Madagascar

20780 - Top Huge 2.36 Inch Otodus obliquus Shark Tooth in Matrix Paleocene Thescelosaurus Rare devonian cephalopod speciesIt 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