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GRADE 10 BEAUTIFUL 4.8" MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH St. Mary's River, Georgia, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago This GRADE 10 large fossil tooth is from the jaws of a huge Megalodon shark! This spectacular specimen is loaded with 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. Megalodon teeth in this size and quality will always be scarcer than the market demand that far exceeds the supply making top grade specimens a promising investment. It is a Megalodon tooth like this that put the St. Mary's River on the Megalodon Map!!! The unique set of environmental factors regarding this famous deposit produce some impressive and unique Megalodon teeth. The iron based minerals in the substrate are responsible for a rare occurrence of dark rich reddish brown in the enamel. 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. Found in a clay deposit, the color of this tooth has taken on a more sea foam greenish blue than the customary reddish brown. Nevertheless, the classic spots that this deposit is known for grace the enamel in this wonderful and very large example. This GRADE 10 tooth possesses dense enamel, complete and intact with a natural lustrous surface and no peel on either side. The serrations are crisp and run all the way down both sides to the root without any typical damage in this area. Tip and root are very well preserved. Spotting is stunning on the labial side with blue spots overlying olive enamel. Teeth near the 5 inch mark rarely can boast of this quality. This specimen has absolutely NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. Megalodon teeth found in rivers are usually eroded and worn from the high energy environment in which they were subjected to. They usually have dull, sand-blasted enamel, sometimes peeling back from the core. The roots are often damaged and the color is almost always the boring, common black. This Megalodon tooth is far superior with its 100% NATURAL features than most that are discovered. While we strictly avoid teeth with restoration, Caveat emptor with some dealers' inventories as Megalodon teeth in the larger sizes are increasingly being subjected to SOME repair or restoration. Unlike all other types of fossils, ANY repair or restoration to Megalodon teeth DRAMATICALLY LOWERS THE VALUE!
IMPRESSIVE RARE GRADE TOOTH NEARLY 5 INCHES - UNCOMMON PRESERVATION WITH SPOTTED ENAMEL! 4.8" in length on the diagonal edge x 3.75" wide SOLD SH6-087 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!