Description
This is a very nice Fossil Kentriodon Tooth found in the Pungo River Formation.
This is a rooted tooth and has great enamel.
This Fossil Kentriodon Porpoise Tooth was found in the Pungo Formation from the Miocene deposits found in North Carolina. The detail of the tooth is very good. The enamel is very good and it does exhibit a little bit of rounding on the edges. This is because of tumbling in the river. The texture is clearly visible in exceptional detail.
This tooth has not been retouched, painted, enhanced in any way. Because this is the way they look when they come out of the rivers and quarries, they present very well. Sometimes a little cleaning is all that is necessary. Because this is an exceptionally detailed tooth, it is easy to identify. Such is the case with this Fossil.
During the Miocene many areas of the United States were periodically inundated with water. Animals lived and died and were buried. They became fossils and because the earth is always changing rivers formed. And as they formed they would change course over time. So this would expose buried fossils and deposit them in the bottom of rivers.
Today many people including divers search the river beds and banks in search of fossils. Many fossils can be found there such as this tooth and including various other animals and alligators. Often mammal bones and teeth are found as well.
The Fossil Kentriodon Tooth is 1 3/8 long. It comes in this glass-topped leatherette collectors case that is 4 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. Specimen in the picture is the specimen you will receive.
