T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth
T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth

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T141 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth

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Species
Basilosaurid - Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor)
Age
Middle - Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years)
Location
Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco
Formation
Boujdour Basin, Middle-Late Eocene Outcrops
Size
100 mm   •    in
Weight
150 g   •    oz
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Description

Scientific name: Basilosaurus sp - Probably Pappocetus lugardi, Andrews 1920 (whale ancestor)

Location: Dakhla, Western Sahara, South Morocco

Geological Formation: Boujdour Basin, Middle-Late Eocene Phosphate Outcrops

Age: Middle - Late Eocene, Bartonian stage (~40 Million Years)

Size (long): 10cm = 3.93Inch

REF.: T141

DESCRIPTION:
Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare specimen from an early evolutionary stage of the modern whale. In the phosphate basins of the Moroccan Western Sahara, the fossil record of these enormous vertebrates is very well represented, of this type of cetaceans that speak of an evolutionary transition from land to sea.The protocetids had large fore-limbs and hindlimbs that could support the body on land, and they were most likely amphibious capable of living on land and in the sea.

Rooted molar specimen. It has some glued and tiny filled fractures, as well as stabilization with some products to make it more stable. Even so, it is a spectacular and rare tooth.

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