Details

LOT 2461

Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth

PLIOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 5.6 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 1/4 in. (63 grams, 83 mm).

A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and good polished tooth enamel. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Ex The Fossil Exchange.
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a Fossil Exchange information card.

Footnotes

Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on 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.