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Mocho et al
Precious tooth of Cretolamna maroccana (Mackerel Shark) from the phosphate deposits of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco)
They have been cleaned and prepared to unearth it from its natural carbonaceous matrix
In these delta and fluvial ecosystems which constituted the paleogeography of the north of Africa 100 million years ago
It is a quite rare taxon
04915 - Top Grade 0.80 Inch Notidanodon loozi (Cow Shark) Tooth Rebbachisaurus Mocho et alThis type of shark teeth is one of the most beautiful from the assemblage in the phosphate rocks in the Paleocene of the Oulad Abdoun Basin (Morocco). This tooth has an outstanding preservation. The enamel in each of the cusps has a beautiful beige color. The details of the osseous structure of the root are astonishingly well defined. It is a tooth of the upper jaw of a cow shark. Specifically it is the species Notidanodon loozi (Vincent, 1876). This