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FS337 Basal Odontocete Tooth

3.8 cm. Long x 2.0 cm. Wide x 1.8 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, family, genus, sp.

Description: Tooth of a basal odontocete (early toothed whale), possibly a squalodont whale - this is probably from the late oligocene ashley or chandler bridge formation.

Age: Oligocene Epoch to Miocene Epoch

Location Found: United Kingdom, South Carolina, Summerville

Found by: jcstarn

Custodian: jcstarn

Identified by: bob, Carl Mehling

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