No. 94052341

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Basilosaurus - Fossilised jaw - Zeuglodon, Basilosauridae - 63 cm - 16.4 cm
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Basilosaurus - Fossilised jaw - Zeuglodon, Basilosauridae - 63 cm - 16.4 cm

Dit is een prachtige rechter-onderkaak van Basilosaurus, één van de eerste geslachten van walvissen. Basilosaurus was in zijn tijd het grootste dier op aarde. Hij kon 15 tot 18 meter lang worden en woog ongeveer 60 ton. Het gebied waar dit kaakfragment is gevonden (Westelijke Sahara, Gueran bij Boujdour) heb ik zelf bezocht en zodoende heb ik daar nu goede contacten. Het kaakfragment heeft een lengte van 63 cm en is 16,4cm hoog. De kaak zat op verschillende plaatsen gebroken in de laag. Het kaakfragment is gestabiliseerd en de scheurtjes zijn opgevuld. Ook enkele ontbrekende delen zijn aangevuld. De vijf kiezen zijn ook gestabiliseerd en enkele geplakt en de scheurtjes aangesmeerd. De laatste snijtand is geplakt en aangevuld. De hoeveelheid restauratie aan de kaak is minder dan 10% en dat is erg weinig voor dit soort vondsten die altijd gebroken in de laag zitten. Verzending is aangetekend en verzekerd. Met bijpassend kaartje en echtheidscertificaat.

No. 94052341

No longer available
Basilosaurus - Fossilised jaw - Zeuglodon, Basilosauridae - 63 cm - 16.4 cm

Basilosaurus - Fossilised jaw - Zeuglodon, Basilosauridae - 63 cm - 16.4 cm

This is a beautiful lower right jaw of Basilosaurus, one of the first genera of whales. Basilosaurus was the largest animal on earth at the time. It could grow to 15 to 18 meters long and weighed about 60 tons.
I have personally visited the area where this jaw fragment was found (Western Sahara, Gueran near Boujdour) and therefore I now have good contacts there. The jaw fragment has a length of 63 cm and is 16.4 cm high. The jaw was broken in several places in the layer. The jaw fragment has been stabilized and the cracks have been filled. Some missing parts have also been filled. The five molars have also been stabilized and some have been glued and the cracks have been filled. The last incisor has been glued and filled. The amount of restoration to the jaw is less than 10% and that is very little for this type of find that is always broken in the layer.

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