Sperm Whale
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: These teeth are from a sperm whale, the largest toothed whales in the world Sperm whales have cone-shaped, or conical, teeth located only in the lower jaw. When the mouth is closed, these teeth fit into empty sockets in the top jaw. This aquatic mammal eats around one ton of fish and squid per day. Each tooth is about 1.75cm thick and measures roughly between 5cm-7cm x 2.75cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 5
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Dec 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Lee Creek Mine, south side of Pamlico River near Aurora, North America, United States, North Carolina, Beaufort County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Physeter
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51468
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae