Melbourne, Australia, April 25, 2016, 12:01 – REGNUM Not far from Melbourne to the Gulf of Beaumaris local enthusiast Murray Orr found a well-preserved 30-centimeter fossilized tooth. His discovery he gave to the Museum Victoria, portal Phys.org reported.
Scientists believe that the tooth belonged to the representative of an extinct species of sperm whales killer. This is the first discovery of the remains of this species in Australia. Previously, such findings occurred only within North and South America. Her age, archaeologists estimated at 5 million years.
Sperm whales-killers of this type is 18 meters long and weighed about 40 tons. These marine predators can eat large prey, such as whales. Scientists believe that a tooth found in Australia is not fully preserved, and, besides, belonged to quite young individuals.
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