Large Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth

PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.

4 3/4 in. (369 grams, 11.9 cm).

From Carcharocles megalodon polished, showing some good enamel. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Aurora, North Carolina, USA.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2736