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A Top Quality, TAN Bone Valley Mako shark tooth from Polk County, Florida with great color! Commonly referred to as Isurus hastalis, but renamed to Carcharodon hastalis as a Great White shark ancestor. Highest quality enamel. An excellent colored crown. Excellent color! Sharp cutting edges. An excellent tan colored root. Great eye appeal. A rare Bone Valley color collector's Mako tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You don't see these Mako teeth very often!

F101      SIZE: 2-3/8"   

Note - Adding 8 new BV Isurus hastalis teeth in April 2005.  ->  Link to BV Isurus hastalis teeth

A scarce, Top Quality Bone Valley shark vertebra from Polk Co., Florida. High quality. Excellent white color. The edges are fairly clean. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You don't see BV shark vertebra very often!

F973       SIZE: 1-1/8" 

Note - Adding 6 new BV shark vertebra in June 2019.  ->  Link to BV shark vertebra

A scarce, Top Quality Bone Valley shark vertebra from Polk Co., Florida. High quality. Excellent white color. The edges are fairly clean. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You don't see BV shark vertebra very often!

F972       SIZE: 1-1/8" 

Note - Adding 6 new BV shark vertebra in June 2019.  ->  Link to BV shark vertebra

A scarce, Top Quality Bone Valley shark vertebra from Polk Co., Florida. High quality. Excellent white color. The edges are fairly clean. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You don't see BV shark vertebra very often!

F971       SIZE: 1-3/16" 

Note - Adding 6 new BV shark vertebra in June 2019.  ->  Link to BV shark vertebra

 Perfect fossilized shark vertebrae. Excellent color with a nice desert polish. You will not see these very often. 

P806 (Right)         SIZE: 13/16"

The North Carolina Fossil Club provides an excellent guide to the Cretaceous - Eocene - Paleocene - Oligocene shark teeth from North Carolina. My recommendation for the collector's first reference guide to identify their Cretaceous - Paleocene - Eocene collection pieces. 

BB09              Size:  5-1/2" x 8-1/2"

An ultra rare Top Quality Carcharodon hastalis, Broad-tooth Mako, shark tooth - upper jaw anterior tooth from the Bahia Iglesa Fm. of Chile. An April Fossil of the Month. This tooth has a brown, blue & charcoal crown and a brown root. Excellent color! Razor sharp cutting edge. Extra wide root (2-5/16"). Excellent preservation - note nutrient hole on root. Near perfect tooth. This species is the ancestor to the Great White shark. A fantastic color collector's tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - A 3" Chilean C. hastalis tooth is rarer than a 3" Chilean Great White tooth. I have only seen a couple of them!

C301          Size: 3"  (2-5/16" wide)

Note - Adding 25 new Chilean Carcharodon hastalis teeth in April 2023    Link to Chilean Mako teeth.

A GEM Mako and Great White shark tooth set. Upper jaw anterior teeth. Excellent light blue color with light tan roots. Exceptional preservation and condition. An excellent transition set!      

C1001                  SIZE: 2-3/16"  2-1/8"

Flat Back Stand For Smaller Shark Teeth (medium Megs or large Great White & Mako teeth with 3" - 5").

DD57           Size: 3-3/8"

An EXTRA LARGE, Top Quality, Broad-tooth Mako shark tooth from So.Carolina. Commonly referred to as Isurus hastalis, but renamed to Cosmopolitodus hastalis as a Great White shark ancestor. An October Fossil of the Month. Highest quality enamel. A very glossy Blue & Gray colored crown with small hydration cracks. Great color! Exceptional cutting edges with no dings. An exceptional root – very wide and no small hydration cracks. This is one of the widest roots that I have seen with a lower jaw tooth - a BIG Mako shark! Great symmetry. No repair or restoration. An exceptional collector's Mako tooth! Museum Quality. Authenticity guarantee.

SC304 BoP      SIZE: 3"   (2" W)

A Top Quality, Pathologic Bone Valley Mako shark tooth from Polk County, Florida with great color! Commonly referred to as Isurus hastalis, but renamed to Carcharodon hastalis as a Great White shark ancestor. This tooth shows a wavy cutting edge and an extra cutting edge formed on the the display side of crown (see 3rd photo).  Highest quality enamel. An excellent colored crown. Excellent color! Sharp cutting edges. An excellent tan root - extra wide. Great eye appeal. A rare Bone Valley color collector's Mako tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You don't see these Mako teeth very often!

F105      SIZE: 1-13/16"   (1-5/8" W)

Note - Adding 8 new BV Isurus hastalis teeth in April 2005.  ->  Link to BV Isurus hastalis teeth

An ULTRA RARE, "Dual Crown" PATHOLOGIC Megachasma tooth, the Megamouth shark, from the Bahia Iglesa Fm., Chile. The Megamouth shark is a very rare and exotic fossil shark tooth since it is rarely found in the fossil record. Megachasma teeth are one of the scarce and well preserved fossils that are unique to the Caldera Basin site in Chile! The best size and quality tooth available. Late Miocene age. An exceptional and rare collector's tooth! Authenticity guaranteed. Museum Quality tooth. A super rare dual crown tooth!   Check out my new Blog - The Best of Chile - Shark Teeth   https://www.buriedtreasurefossils.com/blog/post/the-best-of-chile-fossil-shark-teeth/

C558           Size: 5/8"

Note - Adding 8 new Chilean Megachasma teeth in March 2020 -> Link to Megachasma teeth