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WIDE FIVE INCH GRADE 10 MEGALODON TOOTH - Beaufort County, South Carolina, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago True Grade 10 Megalodon shark teeth are very rare to come across in the market and for literal buckets of lesser quality teeth, you will hardly find teeth in this highest category that honestly lack any repair or restoration. Megalodon teeth from the southeastern United States, in this top category are much higher priced than your typical, worn commercial grade teeth but it is the finest U.S. teeth that are honestly rare and the insatiable collector demand for the highest grade specimens far exceeds what is discovered any more or offered for sale in today's market. It is the rarest and finest Megalodon teeth from the southeastern United States that have, and will continue to prove themselves as amongst the most promising investments of any rare collectibles. With its broad meat-shearing profile, this beautifully preserved tooth is from the front of the upper jaw. These teeth acted as butcher knives sawing down on the Megalodon victim's body as the narrower lower jaw teeth at the front acted as forks, holding the prey in place. This spectacular specimen features no blade nicks and only the lightest feeding wear on some serrations. Entire cutting edge is sharp and crisp with stunning detail to the fine serrations down both sides to the root. The tip is complete and intact with serration detail plainly seen and very sharp. Bourlette is complete. Root is intact, very heavy and dense. Enamel is lustrous and exhibits a strong chatoyant silver blue-green color with a highly aesthetic blush of black on the display side tip. We are known for our quality Megalodon teeth and this giant and rare beauty exemplifies the type of specimens we prefer to focus on offering to our discriminating clientele. Of course, 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 damaged and the color is almost always the boring, common black. This tooth is amongst the finest investment grade Megalodon teeth we have offered. We GUARANTEE NO RESTORATION AND NO REPAIR of any kind to this rare specimen. While we strictly avoid teeth with restoration, Caveat emptor as many teeth in dealers' inventories in this size class have SOME restoration. VERY highly recommended for a choice grade fossil Megalodon tooth.
SUPERB TRUE NATURAL GRADE 10 TOOTH FROM MASSIVE MEGALODON SHARK - RARE! 5.1" in length on the diagonal edge x 4" wide SOLD SH6-030 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!