Description
This tooth is position M1, molar, in the jaw and has some minor repairs to the tooth where it was pieced back together and stabilized. This tooth has a distinct wear mark from the tooth in the upper jaw rubbing. Often these are sold as having a second root with “twice the thickness” or other similar descriptions, they have all been specimens either heavily glued, or missing the end of the roots, not showing the third fully formed root as this specimen does clearly.
During the Late Eocene Period, 41 to 33 million years ago, gigantic primitive whales measuring up to 85 feet long ruled the seas. These huge Archaeocetes, or ancient whales possessed huge skulls up to five feet in length (about as large as a T. rex skull.) These prehistoric whales were most likely carnivorous, feeding on mollusks and small fish in warm seas around the world. These whales were the largest predators on the planet at the time.
Pappocetus is a direct ancestor to the Basilisauridae lineage.
