Polished Fossil Whale Tooth | Family Physeteridae | South Carolina Phareodus Ichthyosaurs are extinct marine reptiles

Ichthyosaurs are extinct marine reptiles that resembled swordfish and dolphins

Secondary minerals such as goethite

5" length (approx 13cm)

it became extinct about 10

and cave lions

Polished Fossil Whale Tooth | Family Physeteridae | South Carolina Phareodus Ichthyosaurs are extinct marine reptilesFamily 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