WH023 - OUR LARGEST EVER COMPLETE UNBROKEN FOSSIL SPERM WHALE TOOTH WITH MEGALODON SHARK BITES

Product Description

ITEM # 

WH023

ID

odontocete (Physeter sp.)

FOUND

Savannah River Basin - Georgia, U.S.A.

AGE

MIOCENE / PLIOCENE:  22 - 4.5 million years

SIZE

8.25" long straight line measurement

CONDITION

SEVERAL MEGALODON SHARK BITES
NEAR CROWN.  COMPLETE - NO REPAIR AND
NO RESTORATION.  'AS FOUND' AND
IN IMPECCABLE CONDITION.  FULL ROOT.
CROWN HAS NATURAL FEEDING WEAR.

NOTE

MOST IMPRESSIVE FOSSIL WHALE TOOTH
WE HAVE EVER SEEN AND THE FIRST WE
HAVE EVER OFFERED WITH MEGALODON
SHARK BITES.

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

This is a MASSIVE and impressive specimen - the BEST we have ever handled or offered.  It is a LARGE, complete tooth from a prehistoric Sperm Whale of the family Physeteridae dating 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.

Aside from the perfect condition and ENORMOUS SIZE, this tooth has an added bonus - it shows several dramatic MEGALODON shark bites near the crown.  What this could mean is that the shark hit the head of the whale and both were jaw-locked in a death struggle, face to face.  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 of this magnitude and full root 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 and shows natural feeding wear but is not broken.  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.