Description
This is a very nice Fossil Kentriodon Tooth found in the Huarra Formation. Caldera Site in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
This is a rooted tooth and has great enamel.
This Kentriodon Porpoise Tooth Fossil was found in the Huarra Formation from the Pliocene Epoch deposits found in Chile. 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. 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 Pliocene many areas of the world 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. Weathering across the land aided in fossil discoveries. 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. There are deposits in North Carolina such as the Lee Creek mine where many are found. 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 Kentriodon Porpoise Tooth Fossil is 1 1/8 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.
