Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra

UPPER PALAEOCENE, THANETIAN STAGE, CIRCA 56 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 1/8 in. (234 grams, 79 mm).

From Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark). [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2193