1.52", Heavily Serrated Fossil Shark (Palaeocarcharodon) Tooth

Here is an uncommon Palaeocarcharodon orientalis shark tooth collected at the Phosphate mines in the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. These teeth have distinctively course serrations.

There is a repaired crack in the right root lobe and the tip was reattached.

Palaeocarcharodon is an extinct genus of pygmy white shark. They represent a dead-end lineage that branched off from Cretolamna in the early Paleocene and evolved extremely coarse serrations. These large serrations make them one of the more desirable kinds of shark teeth for collectors. Palaeocarcharodon teeth reach maximum sizes of about 2 inches, but only teeth from Morocco have been known to reach that large size.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Palaeocarcharodon orientalis
LOCATION
Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Phosphate Deposits
SIZE
1.52" long
ITEM
#51908
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