CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS ( GREAT WHITE SHARK ) TOOTH - Undisclosed River, South Carolina, U.S.A.

MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD:  15 - 1.81 million years ago

As this listing is being posted, this is our only fossil Great White shark tooth for sale.  Why?  In nearly every case, we have yet to see one that is really nice and in trying to keep with only listing the finest examples of the different species, there are very few that would really fit in with our other offerings.  This tooth has changed all that.  Not only is it exceedingly rare because of it's superb condition, but it is LARGE!  At OVER 2.5", this is one of the largest fossil great white teeth we have encountered.  According to scientific theory in measurements of both the crown height and root width of this anterior tooth, the Great White shark this tooth came from is estimate to be between 18 to 19 feet in length!  This is an absolute MONSTER-SIZED Great White shark!

This tooth boasts of superb preservation with extra-fine quality serrations, dark blue-gray enamel, complete root and perfectly intact tip.  The close-up image of this is not to be missed!  There is only one slight negative, there is a very small region to the lower right of the crown where it meets the root that is missing.  This is natural and was caused by feeding damage when the shark was alive.  The otherwise pristine overall condition shows this tooth was not exposed to harsh environmental conditions to have caused such damage and this feature is not uncommon on fossil teeth from large apex predator sharks. 

This tooth is categorized in the HIGHEST collector grade for fossil Great White Shark teeth.  The tooth is even better than it shows in the images.  We GUARANTEE NO RESTORATION AND NO REPAIR of any kind to this rare specimen.  

VERY RARE SIZE AND CONDITION MAKES THIS AN EXCLUSIVE OFFER IN THIS SPECIES

2.65" in length on the diagonal edge x 1.75" wide

SOLD     SH21001     INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX     Actual Item - One Only  

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