Historical information
This fossil was found by Peter Cook just west of East Cape at Cape Conran (east of Orbost),. Original correspondence re its identification came from Andy Murray - Conservation & Natural Resources, Orbost.
It was on display at the Orbost Visitor Information Centre - the Slab Hut.
Physical description
A fossil tooth from a marine species. It may be from a an extinct ziphiid or beaked whale (Warneke Marine Mammal Services 20.10.1993). It may be a fossil from a large species of subadult seal (Ewan Fordyce Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Otago 11.10.1993).
