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Whale - Epiphyseal disc

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SC1222

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$45.00

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A Top Quality, Large Whale epiphyseal disc from the Cooper River, So. Carolina. This disc resides between the vertebra prior to adulthood. Nicely articulated. A very well preserved specimen with no river wear! A Miocene age. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed.

SC1222 Size: 5"

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Scaldicetus is an extinct genus of a highly predatory Sperm whale that lived in the middle to late Miocene. Scaldicetus had large teeth with irregularly wavy enamel on their conical crowns. Probable Megalodon food source along with other whale species. South Carolina occassionally produces excellent Scaldicetus teeth.