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SMALLEST EVER GRADE 10 HALF INCH POSTERIOR MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH Beaufort - South Carolina, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago Known for their enormous size, this is the perfect compliment to your largest display tooth of the giant Megalodon shark - the SMALLEST Megalodon shark tooth!!! Browsing our SOLD section, you can see some of the top grade and rare specimens we have sold in the past. This is THE SMALLEST MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH we have ever handled. Many do not know that for a large, full-grown giant Megalodon shark, the posterior teeth all the way at the corners of the mouth, were as dramatically smaller than the largest, primary anterior teeth at the front of the jaw. This choice grade fossil shark tooth is from the jaws of a huge Megalodon shark! This spectacular specimen is GRADE 10 (highest quality) tooth in every way. Color is beautiful, serrations are intact and crisp and root is complete and unbroken. This tooth would have come from the most posterior position of the jaw of a Megalodon shark. This specimen has absolutely 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 eroded and broken. While we strictly avoid teeth with restoration, "LET THE BUYER BEWARE" as not all dealers are experienced enough (or honest enough) to disclose repair or restoration on their inventory.
.5" in length on the diagonal edge $285 SH6-153 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!