Megalodon Tooth Fossil - 6"
This 6” Serrated Shark Tooth Fossil came from the giant prehistoric Megalodon! It was collected from the Late Miocene Pungo River Formation off the coast of North Carolina, making it approximately 14 million years old! Adult Megalodon teeth were typically 4 to 5 inches. Teeth over 6 inches are very rare and represent the largest of this extinct marine species.
SPECIES
Otodus Megalodon
AGE/ERA
Late Miocene (13.8 - 16 Million Years)
LOCATION
North Carolina Coast
FORMATION
Pungo River
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 6”, Width: 4"
Weight: 11.5 oz
RESTORATION:
None
This 6” Serrated Shark Tooth Fossil came from the giant prehistoric Megalodon! It was collected from the Late Miocene Pungo River Formation off the coast of North Carolina, making it approximately 14 million years old! Adult Megalodon teeth were typically 4 to 5 inches. Teeth over 6 inches are very rare and represent the largest of this extinct marine species.
SPECIES
Otodus Megalodon
AGE/ERA
Late Miocene (13.8 - 16 Million Years)
LOCATION
North Carolina Coast
FORMATION
Pungo River
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 6”, Width: 4"
Weight: 11.5 oz
RESTORATION:
None
This 6” Serrated Shark Tooth Fossil came from the giant prehistoric Megalodon! It was collected from the Late Miocene Pungo River Formation off the coast of North Carolina, making it approximately 14 million years old! Adult Megalodon teeth were typically 4 to 5 inches. Teeth over 6 inches are very rare and represent the largest of this extinct marine species.
SPECIES
Otodus Megalodon
AGE/ERA
Late Miocene (13.8 - 16 Million Years)
LOCATION
North Carolina Coast
FORMATION
Pungo River
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 6”, Width: 4"
Weight: 11.5 oz
RESTORATION:
None
**Megalodon: The Giant Mega Toothed Prehistoric Shark **
Meet the Megalodon, the largest marine predator in the history of the world. The Megalodon dominated our planet’s oceans from the late Oligocene to the early Pleistocene Eras approximately 2.6 - 16 million years ago. This massive and extinct species of shark was estimated to grow to nearly 60 feet long! They had 276 teeth in 5 rows and, much like modern day sharks, shed their teeth throughout their lifetime. The largest Megalodon tooth on record is 7.5 inches, while Great White Shark teeth are comparatively 3 inches long at their largest!
Megalodon teeth were bone-crunching, flesh-cutting tools, used to eat powerful prey such as Baleen Whales. The structure of their thick, robust, serrated teeth, and additional fossil evidence supports the idea that Megalodon focused its attacks on the bony parts of its large prey, such as rib cages, flippers, shoulders, and spines, disabling them and harming major organs such as the heart and lungs!