Details

LOT 2554

Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth

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

2 3/4 in. (53 grams, 69 mm).

Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying some good polished enamel. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

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.