Beautiful UR HAI TEETH - complete with tooth root and the small canine teeth - these are no longer present in the now living HAI!
The Latin name of these UR sharks is OTODUS OBLIQUUS - 60 million years old.
The tooth sits on the original matrix (phosphate rock with several fossil fragments) from the site.
The phosphate mines on the PHOSPHATPLATEAU in KHOURIBGA are the place of discovery
WEST SAHARA - NORTH AFRICA
Weight: 440 g Dim: 11 x 10 x 6 cm Tooth is almost 7 cm long!