T140 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Colpocoryphe • Westphalian of United States

• Westphalian of United States (1: Alabama)

Geological Formation: Timrhanrhart Formation

Ptychagnostus atavus

In the matrix you can also see some small shark teeth

T140 - Rare Huge 3.93 Inch Basilosaurus (Whale Ancestor) Molar Rooted Tooth Colpocoryphe • Westphalian of United StatesScientific 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.: T140 DESCRIPTION: Pappocetus is a protocetid and a large amphibious aquatic carnivore. Pappocetus is also an ancestor of Basilosaurus. Rare