Thursday, November 1, 2018

Notidanodon loozi Fossil Shark Teeth


This image is of Notidanodon loozi fossil shark teeth on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). This extinct animal was also known as a cow shark. It dates to the Paleocene Epoch (Thanetian, about 58 million years ago), Paleogene Period. The fossils were found in Descenderie D Basin (Ouled Abdoun) Morocco, North Africa.

The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is located at the College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, 2nd Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29424.

Learn more at their blog: http://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/