South Carolina is well known for an abundance of shark teeth from the Carcharocles genus – the extinct Giant White sharks. Three different localities are featured.

The rivers of coastal S. Carolina are home to Carcharocles megalodon, the extinct Giant White shark. Teeth are recovered in gravel holes at the bottom of these rivers. Divers must fight off rapid currents and little to no visibility in water depths of 30-60 feet to find their prize. These teeth are Miocene-Pliocene in age (2-15 million years ago), but typically come from the Miocene Hawthorne Formation (15 million years ago).

Marl deposits in the Dorchester county area yield excellent specimens of Carcharocles angustidens – another extinct Giant White shark ancestor. Thresher, Angel, and other shark teeth also in these deposits. These teeth are Oligocene in age (25-38 million years ago) from the Chandler Bridge Formation.

Numerous limestone quarries in the Dorchester-Orangeburg counties area have yielded superb specimens of Carcharocles auriculatus – the precursor of the extinct Giant White shark. These fossil teeth are found in the Santee limestone which is Eocene age (38-45 million years ago). These quarries also yield the exquisite teeth for the Cow shark, Hexanchus agassizi and the earliest Mako shark, Isurus praecursor.

Cow, Tiger, Dusky, and Megalodon shark specimens come a new land site near Ridgeville, SC. These beautifully colored teeth are from the Pliocene epoch (approx. 4 million years ago).