MV21-027 - CHOICE GRADE COMPLETE 5.5 INCH PREHISTORIC SPERM WHALE TOOTH WITH FULL ROOT AND CROWN

Product Description

ITEM # 

MV21-027

ID

odontocete

FOUND

Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S.A.

AGE

MIOCENE / PLIOCENE:  22 - 4.5 million years

SIZE

5.5" long on the outside curve

CONDITION

COMPLETE, NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION
'AS FOUND' AND IN IMPECCABLE CONDITION

NOTE

RARE THIS COMPLETE WITH FULL ROOT
AND WONDERFULLY PRESERVED CROWN
SHOWING MODERATE FEEDING WEAR.

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This large, complete tooth from a prehistoric Sperm Whale of the family Physeteridae dates back to the Miocene/ Pliocene Period.  Like T. rex, the Sperm Whale ruled the ancient seas and shared the title of "king" with the Megalodon Shark during its day.  Today, they have no rival.  The Sperm whale is and was the largest of all the toothed whales and males can grow to lengths in excess of 60 feet.    The male Sperm whale is THE largest predator living in the sea today.  They are truly the kings of the ocean realm.

Fossil Sperm whale teeth in this condition of completeness are rare and are even scarcer than Megalodon teeth.  Unlike sharks, toothed whales did not replace their teeth hence the scarcity.  Finding a complete specimen with full root and crown is very rare.  It is heavy and massive, representing the extreme bite force these predators must have exerted by its enormous solid root.  The crown has typical wrinkled enamel with hints of gold and blue colors.  There is light natural feeding wear on the tip.  In a 100% complete and unbroken state.    This specimen does not have a single break and was found whole!  A prize like this deserves a place in the finest fossil collections of apex predator fossils.  Intact with NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.

This fossil is perfect to display alongside a Megalodon shark tooth collection as this creature would have shared the same waters and served as the main food source for the largest and most dangerous shark that ever lived, the Megalodon shark.