WH028 - MUSEUM GRADE ROBUST 5.25 INCH PREHISTORIC SPERM WHALE TOOTH WITH FULL CROWN AND BARNACLE ENCRUSTED ROOT

Product Description

ID

odontocete

FOUND

St. Mary's River - Georgia, U.S.A.

AGE

MIOCENE / PLIOCENE:
  22 - 4.5 million years

SIZE

5.25" long on the outside curve

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION
'AS FOUND' WITH ORIGINAL
BARNACLES FROM AN 
OCEAN ESTUARY SITE

NOTE

RARE THIS SIZE WITH A COMPLETE
POINTED CROWN AND THICK,
FAT ROOT COVERED IN BARNACLES.

FASCINATING FEEDING WEAR AND
GROWTH RINGS ON THE ROOT.

ONE OF THE BEST LARGE SPERM
WHALE TEETH WE EVER HAD!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX

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 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.  This tooth was found amongst fossil Megalodon teeth in a marine estuary, hence the barnacles that we kept on during our lab cleaning.  Because it was found with Megalodon teeth, it is most likely this tooth was a whale that was killed and eaten by a Megalodon shark. 

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 tip is still pointed which is UNCOMMON, and features fascinating light natural feeding wear.  The root is very thick and large with growth rings.  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.