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LOT 2186
Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (150 grams, 10 cm).
A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
Carcharocles 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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