Description: Kentriodon tooth fossil in display case.Kentriodon is an extinct species that is closely related to modern dolphins.The exact species is Kentriodon sp.This tooth fossil was found on the Pungo River Formation in Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina.This fossil is from the Miocene EpochThe fossil is just under 1" long.Fossil comes in a unique Kentriodon display case (that you will find nowhere else) and includes a laminated information card. All fossils sold are authentic fossils, no replicas. Kentriodon is an extinct genus of toothed whale related to modern-day dolphins. Fossils have been found in North America, Europe and Japan. Several species have been described.Kentriodon was the most diverse of all the kentriodontids, which are represented by seventeen described genera. These were small to medium-sized odontocetes with largely symmetrical skulls, and thought likely to include ancestors of some modern species. Kentriodon is also the oldest described kentriodontid genus, reported from the Late Oligocene to the Middle Miocene.Kentriodontines ate small fish and other nectonic organisms; they are thought to have been active echolocators, and might have formed pods. The diversity, morphology and distribution of fossils appear parallel to some modern species. FH012
Price: 17.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-08-25T21:03:07.000Z
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