Scaldicetus sp., Whale tooth
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Description:
One tooth associated with the remains of a toothed cetacean related to sperm whale (Scaldicetus sp.).
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Cross Quarry
- Site Number: NH30Ha
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Paleocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Cetacea
- Family: Physeteridae
- Genus: Scaldicetus
- Formation: Raysor Formation
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV4860
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