Product Description
ITEM #
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SH1-005
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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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1.65" long on the diagonal
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CONDITION
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NO REPAIR OR FABRICATION
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NOTE
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DRAMATIC DEFORMED TOOTH - MULTI-TIPPED
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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.