Lee Creek Sperm Whale Tooth
Its really tough to decide what my best find of my recent Aurora fossil hunting trip was. Some say it was my megalodon tooth. Others say my parotodus. Still others say this Lee Creek Sperm Whale tooth was the best. I don't know, but this is certainly a nice tooth. The root is immaculate. The wear pattern on the enamel cap is perfectly flat, and there is tremendous detail in the enamel. Even though I have found many sperm whale teeth in the past, this is by far the best.
There's no ground shot because I accidentally kicked this tooth out of the layer while I was walking down a hill of Yorktown.
Age
| Pliocene Epoch |
Category
| Marine Mammal |
Formation
| Yorktown Formation |
Location
| Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA |
Species
| Scaldicetus |
Length
| 5 7/16 inches |
ID | 3040 |
Member | dw |
Date Added | 9/30/2008 |
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