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LOT 2431
Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth
PLIOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 5.6 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 7/8 in. (114 grams, 98 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.
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