Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth in Matrix

Genus: Otodus, Species: obliquus

Age: Eocene Epoch, Cenozoic Period, 50 million years ago

SITE:    Khouribga Plateau Phosphate Mines, Morocco

Tooth Length: 2.5”, Weight: 1 lb

This is an extinct ancestor of the modern Mackerel Shark. It is in its natural coquina matrix.