SH1-029 - FINE GRADE OTODUS OBLIQUUS FOSSIL SHARK TOOTH IN MATRIX

Product Description

ITEM # 

SH1-029

ID

Otodus obliquus

FOUND

Phosphate Deposits - Khouribga, Morocco

AGE

PALEOCENE:  60 million years ago

SIZE

4" x 2.6" overall with matrix,  
Tooth is 2.6" in length on the diagonal edge

CONDITION

MINOR FRACTURE REPAIR BUT
NO FABRICATION - WITH ORIGINAL ROOT.

NOTE

LARGE, FINE QUALITY TOOTH IN ORIGINAL MATRIX
 - IMPRESSIVE AND INTRIGUING! 

INCLUDES STAND - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This is a fossilized shark tooth from the extinct Otodus obliquus shark, also known as the Mackeral Shark.  Many fossil shark teeth from this shark usually offered for sale, have reconstructed fabricated roots.  This tooth's root is genuine and has not been restored or reconstructed.  The entire tooth is embedded in its original large portion of phosphate mine matrix in which it was found.  As a bonus, you can see other fossils in the matrix including another smaller fossil shark tooth.   The shark that this tooth came from would have been much larger than the largest ever recorded length of a modern Great White shark!  MINOR ROOT REPAIR BUT NO 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.