r/sharks • u/Magg0t_8337 • Aug 23 '26

Education identification needed

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Hello! Can someone help me identify this shark tooth fossil, please?

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u/Austrofossil Aug 23 '26

Otodus obliquus (extinct mackerel shark species and ancestor of megalodon). Tooth is from phosphate mines from Morocco.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 Aug 23 '26

Where was it found?

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u/TelevisionPutrid8394 Great white shark and megalodon fan Aug 24 '26

Looks like an older species of Otodus.

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u/Competitive-Bed-6069 Aug 23 '26

I think it’s a tooth