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Carcharodon auriculatus

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TG001

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$250.00

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A very rare, High Quality Otodus auriculatus, an early Giant White shark, tooth from the phosphate mines of Hahotoe, Togo. Very good color and preservation. This tooth is Lutetian age (45 MYA), lower middle Eocene. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. An extremely rare Auricularus tooth. I have only seen five of them.

TG001 SIZE: 2-5/16"

Note - Adding 117 shark teeth from Togo in March 2022. Link to Togo Shark Teeth

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This catalog contains of a rare species - Otodus auriculatus, an early Giant White shark. A very unusual and seldom scene species. A rare place to find Auriculatus teeth. You may never see these again! This catalog contains of a rare species - Otodus auriculatus, an early Giant White shark. A very unusual and seldom scene species. A rare place to find Auriculatus teeth. You may never see these again!

The Togo teeth are well preserved with good color, and they represent a geologic age that is different from other localities. They are Lutetian age (45 MYA), lower middle Eocene. So, this deposit is older than the Moroccan early Eocene & Cretaceous phosphate teeth and younger than the Moroccan late Eocene Dhakla fossils.

Togo is a small West African national situated between Ghana and Benin. If you still have no idea where Togo resides, it is to the west of Nigeria. Togo’s leading industry is phosphate mining and phosphate ore is one of their main exports. And where there is phosphate, good marine fossils are often found.