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LOT 2460
Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
PLIOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 5.6 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (126 grams, 10 cm).
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gallery.
FootnotesCarcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
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