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MEGALODON LATERAL UPPER TOOTH - Wright River, South Carolina, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago With its shiny chatoyant silvery green enamel with gold undertones, this is an excellent example of a fossil tooth from one of the most fearsome predators that ever existed - MEGALODON! This is an lateral upper jaw tooth. The broad upper jaw teeth sliced large chunks of flesh off the shark's unfortunate victim as it was impaled and held steady by the more slender lower jaw teeth. The tip features exceptionally well-preserved serration detail as well as both cutting edges showing serrations that are very crisp with only very light wear. Uncommon bright silvery blue hue compared to the more common darker tones. We guarantee that this fine specimen has absolutely NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. It is our policy to fully disclose ALL information about our Megalodon teeth and we refuse to sell ANY modified or restored teeth. We acquire our teeth directly from divers as well as conduct our own field collecting trips. This coupled with the fact that we carefully inspect each tooth prior to sale allows us to ACCURATELY and fully inform you of the fossil's condition. Megalodon teeth found in rivers are almost always heavily eroded and worn from the high energy environment in which they were subjected to. Quality Megalodon teeth from a water environment are rare. They usually have dull, sand-blasted enamel, peeling back from the core. The roots are often severely damaged. River sources in the United States, the home of most of the largest and finest teeth in the world, are producing less and less numbers of the fine Megalodon teeth. With such a passionate collector following, excellent examples of fossil Megalodon shark teeth are perhaps one of the fastest and consistently appreciating fossils as supply continues towards exhaustion fueled by an insatiable collector demand.
NICE AFFORDABLE EXAMPLE THAT FAR EXCEEDS THE COMMON COMMERCIAL TEETH! 3.5" in length on the diagonal edge x 2.75" wide SOLD SH6-013 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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At a length of 52 feet
and weighing in excess of 60 tons, Carcharocles megalodon was the second
largest predator that ever existed on this planet, the largest being the
sperm whale. Megalodon was larger and heavier than T. rex.
Scientific reconstructions of this shark estimate the dorsal fin 5.5
feet tall, the pectoral fins at 10 feet in length and the tail over 12
feet high. If you were unfortunate enough to have a megalodon swim
over you, the pectoral fins would measure 30 feet from tip to tip with a
torso in excess of 10 feet thick! The jaws were so large that
this shark would be able to swallow a Rhinoceros whole. A
predator this size would have most likely fed on large marine
vertebrates, especially whales. Fossil teeth have been found in
excess of 7 inches in length! Megalodon teeth are similar in
geometry to the modern White Shark and scientists are still passionately
divided on the origin of the two species and if megalodon is related to
the modern white shark. It is also not fully understood why this
giant killer became extinct but we can all be glad it is. A day at
the beach just wouldn't be what it is today!