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MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH WITH SILVERY BRONZE ENAMEL St. Mary's River, Georgia, U.S.A. PLIOCENE PERIOD: 5.3 - 1.81 million years ago This is a fine grade uniquely colored Megalodon shark tooth. The enamel possesses a rare chatoyance that appears metallic silver with bronze overtones. Serrations are well defined along entire cutting edge and run all the way complete to the root on each side with only slight natural feeding wear. Tip is sharp and in an uncommon state or preservation with no breakage or heavy wear. The root is very dense and fully intact. This specimen guaranteed to have NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. 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. While we strictly avoid teeth with restoration or repair, caveat emptor as some teeth in dealers' inventories have SOME restoration and/or repair. This may or may not be disclosed or detected based on the seller's integrity, experience in actually doing restoration work or lack thereof in both.
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! BEAUTIFUL SILVERY BRONZE REFLECTIVE ENAMEL - NICE SHARP TIP AND SERRATIONS 3.7" in length on the diagonal edge SOLD SH6-092 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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