Polished Fossil Whale Tooth | Family Physeteridae | South Carolina mystery dimensions: 4

dimensions: 4

but they were reattached during preparation

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This is a beautiful "coconut geode" pair

Polished Fossil Whale Tooth | Family Physeteridae | South Carolina mystery dimensions: 4Family Physeteridae Miocene (~2. 6 15 MYO) Hawthorn Formation Tooth approx. size: 3. 25" x 1. 25" This tooth is from a Miocene aged fossil sperm whale. The bodies of physeteroids are robustly proportioned. The lower jaw is always relatively small and thin compared to the upper jaw. Unlike the modern sperm whale which only has functional teeth on the lower jaw, sperm whales of the Miocene had large teeth in both jaws. The moderately curved, conical