ABOVE TWO PHOTOS SHOW FRAGILE REGION WHERE CROWN MEETS ROOT THAT IS OFTEN DAMAGED ON LARGE TEETH BUT NOT WITH THIS EXQUISITE SPECIMEN
DEEP AND DRAMATIC SERRATIONS RARELY SEEN IN THIS STATE OF INTACTNESS THE HALLMARK OF AN INVESTMENT GRADE TOOTH!
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INVESTMENT GRADE UNIQUE NEAR 5 INCH MEGALODON TOOTH Ace River Basin, South Carolina, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago This INVESTMENT GRADE large fossil tooth is from the front of the jaws of a huge Megalodon shark! This spectacular specimen is loaded with so many features desired by advanced Megalodon tooth collectors. Teeth like these are getting certainly harder to come by in today's market. Current and increasing future demand will never be satisfied by the dwindling numbers of the truly top grade 10 specimens such as this beauty, hence their constantly increasing prices each year. The appearance of this tooth looks as though it was found in phosphate deposits. It is actually a river find but was collected deep in a gravel layer which protected it from the river environment. The enamel is superb - akin to a land find with bright cool baby blue-gray hues and exceptional natural sheen. Only a small portion showing peel on the lower middle region of the lingual side. The complete, full root is extremely well-preserved with robust and dramatic, heavy lobes unlike most other large teeth we've seen. What is most impressive is the spectacular serrations on this large gem. Serrations are unusually large for tooth this size with cutting edges like a meat saw. Rare is the condition of the crown where it meets the root. Many teeth this size have breakage or severe damage to this delicate area but this is NOT the case with this specimen. The condition of the tip of this giant tooth is very rare with even the one, single tip serration intact! This specimen has absolutely NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. Definitely, a tooth of a caliber rarely seen today with unique and highly aesthetic features. 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. This tooth is amongst THE FINEST Megalodon teeth with unique features in addition. While we strictly avoid teeth with restoration, Caveat emptor as several Megalodon teeth in dealers' inventories in this size class have SOME repair or restoration.
SUPER INVESTMENT GRADE TOOTH WITH RARE COLOR, PRESERVATION AND LARGE, DRAMATIC SERRATIONS! 4.95" in length on the diagonal edge x 4" wide SOLD SH6-082 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!