2.3" Fossil Shark Tooth (Otodus) - Morocco

This is a preserved fossil tooth of the extinct mackerel shark, Otodus obliquus, collected from the phosphate deposits of Khouribga, Morocco. It's Eocene in age, approximately 54 million years old.

These teeth are collected during the massive phosphate mining operations. While teeth of Otodus are common fossils at the mines, the vast majority of them are small and broken.