SH1-005 - DOUBLE-TIPPED PATHOLOGICALLY DEFORMED OTODUS FOSSIL SHARK TOOTH

Product Description

ITEM # 

SH1-005

ID

Otodus obliquus

FOUND

Phosphate Deposits - Khouribga, Morocco

AGE

PALEOCENE:  60 million years ago

SIZE

1.65" long on the diagonal

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR FABRICATION

NOTE

DRAMATIC DEFORMED TOOTH -  MULTI-TIPPED
DEFORMED FOSSIL SHARK TEETH ARE 
THE MOST DESIRABLE OF ALL PATHOLOGICAL
TEETH.

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

Of all pathologically deformed fossil teeth, ones with multiple tips are the most-prized and rarest.  This wonderful specimen of an  Otodus obliquus shark tooth shows TWO distinct tips with one dominant and one minor tip growing from the side.  An abnormally large nutrient hole can be seen in the root adding to the bizarreness of this tooth.  Certainly a great display example.

Pathologically deformed fossils have a devout collector following all their own.  They are an interesting branch of fossil collecting and can provide insight and information into the developmental problems with prehistoric creatures.

This fossilized shark tooth once graced the ferocious jaws of a large shark now extinct, called the Mackeral Shark, otherwise known as Otodus obliquus.  This creature is thought to be at the heart of the White shark family tree and is found in hard sandstone rock matrix in the phosphate mines in  Khouribga, Morocco.  The Mackeral Shark was king of the Paleocene seas 60 million years ago and is the prehistoric ancestor of the modern Great White Shark.   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.