WH033 - RARE PREHISTORIC SPERM PHYSETER WHALE TOOTH OF EXCEPTIONAL SIZE PRESERVATION

Product Description

ID

odontocete

FOUND

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

AGE

MIOCENE / PLIOCENE:
  22 - 4.5 million years

SIZE

4" long on the curve

CONDITION

COMPLETE AND UNBROKEN
NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION

NOTE

RARE THIS SIZE! UNUSUAL
SPOT PATTERNS KNOWN
ONLY FROM THIS UNIQUE
RIVER FOSSIL DEPOSIT.

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 male Sperm whale is THE largest predator living in the sea today.  They are truly the kings of the ocean realm.

With spot patterns in the tooth enamel, this is a prize specimen showing rare patterns only found in this unique fossil river site!  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, well-preserved specimen with full root is very rare. 

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.