Extinct Giant Sawfish - Pair of Rostrum Teeth - Kem Kem Basin, Morocco - Fossil tooth - Onchopristis Numidus - - 65 mm - 30 mm
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Pair of rostral teeth of the extinct giant sawfish Onchopristis numidus.
Onchopristis, or the 'giant saw,' is an extinct genus of giant sawskate (technically not a sawfish) that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now North Africa. It had a long, hard, paddle-shaped snout called a rostrum. The saw-like rostrum, covered on both sides with modified tooth-like structures called denticles, was hooked and pointed. Onchopristis had an intimidating 2-meter-long rostrum that it would have used to uncover crustaceans on the bottom of shallow waters, similar to how modern sawfish do.
The teeth are restored, as evidenced by the photos, and measure 65 and 61 mm respectively.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
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Translated by Google TranslatePair of rostral teeth of the extinct giant sawfish Onchopristis numidus.
Onchopristis, or the 'giant saw,' is an extinct genus of giant sawskate (technically not a sawfish) that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now North Africa. It had a long, hard, paddle-shaped snout called a rostrum. The saw-like rostrum, covered on both sides with modified tooth-like structures called denticles, was hooked and pointed. Onchopristis had an intimidating 2-meter-long rostrum that it would have used to uncover crustaceans on the bottom of shallow waters, similar to how modern sawfish do.
The teeth are restored, as evidenced by the photos, and measure 65 and 61 mm respectively.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Specimen
Extinct Giant Sawfish - Pair of Rostrum Teeth - Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
Scientific name
Onchopristis Numidus -
Country of Origin
Morocco
Geological Period
Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)
Condition
Natural
Weight
28 g
Height
65 mm
Width
30 mm
Depth
14 mm
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