Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA

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Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA
  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA

  • Megalodon tooth, 23-3.6 mya, South Carolina USA

  • Size of fossil- 95mm from root to tip diagonally.
  • £199.50
Each fossil is one of a kind, but a similar fossil may still be available to purchase.

This monster of the deep needs no introduction..the largest shark to have ever lived in the oceans with lengths estimated to have reached nearly 60 feet. This is not the largest of Megalodon teeth but this tooth has an around nice look, good serrations with minimal wear and the enamel coverage is almost perfect with the cusp and root also showing very little wear. This is a beautiful iconic shaped tooth from an iconic shark.

Scientific name- Carcharocles Megalodon 

Size- could reach upto lengths of 59 feet approximate estimation

Diet- predatory shark; eating other sharks, whales, fish, as with most sharks probably anything that it could fit in its mouth.

Habitat- Salt water, sea oceans.

Where found- On all continents except Antarctica, majority found along the coats of the USA.

Time- Early Miocene to the early Pliocene 23-3.6 million years ago.