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Published: 2018-02-23 10:34:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 2553; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 0
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Nagano prefecture, middle Miocene. Raptorial spermwhale Brygmophyseter attacks female of sea-lion size pinniped Allodesmus.Raptorial stem spermwhales and Desmatophocid pinnipeds were common in the middle part of Miocene epoch, but then decline and came to extinction by its end.
PS By the way, I found that it was my jubilee, 300th deviation
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What makes Brygmophyseter such an incredible whale, is that it’s got both upper and lower teeth! If you look in that mouth, there’s 44 teeth inside! And they’re not the teeth of a cute loveable whale, they’re actually the same size as the teeth that you’d see in the mouth of a Tyrannosaurus rex!
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Congratulations on making your 300th and may you post many more pieces of such excellent quality!
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