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Old April 24th, 2016 #62
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Tooth of Extinct Killer Sperm Whale Found in Australia


A huge, five-million-year-old whale tooth has been discovered on an Australian beach, providing the first evidence of the now extinct killer sperm whale outside the Americas.

The 30-centimeter-long (12-inch) fossilized tooth, which is larger than that of a Tyrannosaurus rex, was found by a fossil enthusiast at Beaumaris Bay near Melbourne in February.

http://news.discovery.com/animals/wh...lia-160422.htm