A California man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for illegally importing carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the U.S.-Canadian border, federal prosecutors said.

Imagine a walrus-like creature with dentition remarkably similar to modern walruses: A quartet of post-canine teeth, a large lower canine tooth and a short, fused vertical midline on their lower jaw.

Those three creatures all have unique developments when it comes to teeth. The first part of the walrus’ scientific name (Odobenus rosmarus)translates to tooth-walking, since the creatures’ enlarged ...

What creature is like a walrus... but is not a walrus? Well, teeth found in both Norwich, in the UK, and Antwerp, in Belgium, have been identified to belong to a now extinct marine carnivore from ...

In this case, showing convergence came down to comparing teeth and jaws of multiple ancestors of the contemporary walrus, Odobenus rosmarus. That was a more complicated and challenging task than one ...

The tooth count, the size of the teeth ... Specifically, “the right jawbone of a likely extinct walrus.” “At the Smithsonian, we have the world’s best collection of Atlantic Ice Age ...

The toothless walrus probably lived near temperate bays ... finding shells, shark teeth, and whale bones. "I was just absolutely on fire and ecstatic about finding fossils," he told Business ...

Like its close kin, Ontocetus posti had a complement of teeth, including lower incisors and a large lower canine. But its heavy chin bones were fused — like those of a modern walrus. The ...

The new walrus is described in a study published August ... specimen had a unique combination of features. It has post-canine teeth, a larger lower canine, and a fused and short mandibular symphysis.