Fossil tooth of Basilosaurus - from Morocco - Priabonian period

Fossil tooth of Basilosaurus - from Morocco (Dakhla)

Priabonian (Eocene) time period, approximately 37.8 to 33.9 million years ago

Name: Basilosaurus (King Lizard), also called Zeuglodon, was an extinct genus of archaic, carnivorous cetaceans. Considered an ancestor of modern whales.
Age: Miocene (23 to 5.3 million years ago)
Provenance: Sardinia

The tooth is about 15cm long - Weight: 1322g

The tip has been restored