Otodus obliquus (Agassiz, 1843)
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Series: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian (56 - 47.8 M.a.)
Origin: Oued Zem (Morocco)
Formation: Abdoun Ouled Basin (Phosphate beds)
Length: 70 mm / 2.75"
Weight: 50 g / 0.011 lb
Coordinates: 32°50'40.7"N 6°34'13.5"W
Description: Tooth of amazing size and maximum quality, it is part of the best batch we have seen of this species in years. The enamel of this piece is 100% natural, without restorations or paint.

This piece will travel insured in a safety package to arrive in perfect condition.

More information: The Ouled Abdoun basin extends over 100 km in length and 80 km in width, over an area of ​​more than 10,000 km2. It extends from Ben Ahmed and Settat to Zaouïat Cheikh and Khouribga in the north and extends beyond Oued Oum Errabiâ in the south, under the Beni Amir plain. To the east, it borders the Kasba Tadla plain and to the west the Rehamna massif. It encompasses the main extraction areas of Sidi Daoui, Merah Lahrach and Sidi Chennane. The Oulad Abdoun basin constitutes a major morphological unit that is almost tabular and very slightly undulating, with altitudes between 500 and 800 m. It is a stable platform representing the final terminus (phosphate) of a sedimentary layer deposited between the red Infra-Cenomanian and the Lutetian (Choubert & Faure-Muret, 1962) on a very strongly Palaeozoic base, whose "lie-de-vin" quartzites and schists have been attributed to the Silurian (Salvan, 1955). The Ganntour basin crops out between the Rehamna massif in the north and the Jebilet in the south.