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NICK ON SERRATIONS CAUSED BY THE SHARK BITING DOWN ON ITS OWN TEETH DURING FRENZIED FEEDING - DEMONSTRATION OF THE BITE FORCE AND FEROCITY OF THESE MASSIVE KILLERS
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COLORFUL COPPER-HUED MEGALODON TOOTH WITH STRONG CHATOYANCE St. Mary's River, Georgia, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago One look at this tooth and any seasoned Megalodon tooth collector can immediately attribute its source of discovery. It is a Megalodon tooth with these unique colors and chatoyant phenomena that put this very small section on the St. Mary's River on the Megalodon Map!!! Collectors that are familiar with the unique set of circumstances regarding this famous deposit will appreciate just exactly what is being offered here. The iron based minerals in the substrate are responsible for a rare occurrence of chatoyant Megalodon teeth ranging from light copper bronze tones to dark rich reddish browns. Oddly enough, some of these teeth develop large open spot patterns in the enamel and it is this feature that really drives the passion for these highly unusual and rare specimens. Every feature that this deposit is famous for can be found in this nice example. The color changes in the light from silvery salmon to a deep copper red tone. Serrations are sharp and tip is present with one side showing a nick caused by this beast biting down so hard the opposing tooth bit into this one. This is an anterior lower jaw position specimen. The broader 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. Root is complete and very well preserved. Desirable St' Mary's spotting is visible in the lustrous enamel. Reverse side is not show but is just as nice if not nicer and of a darker copper brown hue. We GUARANTEE NO RESTORATION AND NO REPAIR of any kind to this fine colorful specimen. VERY highly recommended for a bargain of a price! Megalodon teeth found in rivers are almost always heavily eroded and worn from the high energy environment in which they were subjected to. They usually have dull, sand-blasted enamel, peeling back from the core. The roots are often damaged and the color is almost always the boring, common black. Don't let anyone tell you black is rare. It is THE most common color for river teeth in South Carolina. Brown as this tooth is, is one of the most collectible and coveted colors which just adds to the beauty and rarity of this specimen.
A FAMOUS TINY PART OF THIS RIVER PRODUCES THESE VERY UNIQUELY COLORED TEETH 3.8" in length on the diagonal edge x 2.6" wide SOLD SH6-036 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!