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Top Quality Isurus desori , a Mako shark tooth from the "De Kuilen" sand pit, Mill, The Netherlands. This tooth has excellent color and perservation. Sharp cutting edge and tip. The age is late Miocene (approx. 6-8 million years ago). This species is the ancestor to the Isurus oxyrhinchus. An excellent collector's tooth. Authenticity guaranteed.  

N201     SIZE: 1-5/8"

A Top Quality Isurus desori , a Mako shark tooth from the "De Kuilen" sand pit, Mill, The Netherlands. This tooth has excellent color and perservation. Sharp cutting edge and tip. The age is late Miocene (approx. 6-8 million years ago). This species is the ancestor to the Isurus oxyrhinchus. An excellent collector's tooth. Authenticity guaranteed.  

N202       SIZE: 1-7/16"

Wow! A rare, GEM pathologic Carcharinus leucas tooth (Bull shark) with a severely distorted cutting edge. This tooth is a late Miocene in age from the Inglesa Fm. of Chile. The entire right side of the tooth is compressed and pushed back - a very unusual pathology. Incredible color and preservation. Perfect tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. Museum quality.

C841              SIZE: 5/8"

A colorful, Top Quality Carcharodon hastalis tooth from the Ica region of Peru. An incredible red brown colored crown and a tan root. Excellent color!  Sharp cutting edges. Excellent definition and preservation. An excellent upper jaw tooth. No repair. Authenticity guaranteed. An excellent colorful collector's Mako tooth. 

P315           SIZE: 2"

Adding 17 Carcharodon hastalis teeth in May 2024.      Link to Peruvian Hastalis teeth.

A colorful, Top Quality Carcharodon hastalis tooth from the Ica region of Peru. An incredible blue colored crown and a tan root. Excellent color!  Sharp cutting edges. Excellent definition and preservation. An excellent upper jaw tooth. No repair. Authenticity guaranteed. An excellent colorful collector's Mako tooth. 

P313           SIZE: 2"

Adding 17 Carcharodon hastalis teeth in May 2024.      Link to Peruvian Hastalis teeth.

A rare, TOP QUALITY Megatherium americanum sloth claw from an extinct genus of giant ground sloths from the Pampean region, Uruguay. A March Fossil of the Month. Megatherium is from the family of the largest Ground sloths. This claw has excellent preservation. It is complete down to an excellent tip with essentially no restoration or repair. There appears to be a 1.5” area of the top of the sheath rim on the back side that may have minor restoration (see photo - a small area). Excellent preservation of the proximal end. An incredible massive Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene display piece from Uruguay. Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic Pleistocene giant ground sloth claw specimen. A rare Museum Quality specimen from a rare site. One of my favorites! Comes with a steel stand. 

X701          SIZE: 11-1/2" x 5-1/4" x 2-5/8"   Height with stand:  6.75"

Note – adding 14 Ground Sloth claws & teeth in March 2022.   Link to Sloth fossils

An ultra rare, Top Quality EXTRA LARGE Edestus heinrichi shark whorl section with 4 big crowns, from Sparta, Illinois. An August Fossil of the Month. This is a Paleozoic shark that lived in swamps that our now underground coal deposits. Excellent preservation and serrations. Note - extra long root whorl section with 4 extra large crowns - very rare. The Edestus shark would have an upper and lower tooth whorl that are vertically opposed. Research showed that they could use their opposing teeth in a scissor-like motion to cut prey. It is the first animal to cut vertically. A very strange looking and unique acting shark. Shark recreation image is credited to Julio Lacerdo. These rare teeth are Pennsylvanian age from Illinois. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. Four crown whorl sections are extremely rare! 

I01  BoP           SIZE: 2" teeth   (Whorl  6")

Adding 15 Edestus shark specimens in August 2020.    Link to Edestus shark.

An ultra rare, Top Quality EXTRA LARGE Edestus heinrichi shark whorl section with 3 big crowns, from Herrin, Illinois. An April Fossil of the Month. This is a Paleozoic shark that lived in swamps that our now underground coal deposits. Excellent preservation and serrations. Note - extra long root whorl section with 3 extra large crowns - very rare. The Edestus shark would have an upper and lower tooth whorl that are vertically opposed. Research showed that they could use their opposing teeth in a scissor-like motion to cut prey. It is the first animal to cut vertically. A very strange looking and unique acting shark. Shark recreation image is credited to Julio Lacerdo. These rare teeth are Pennsylvanian age from Illinois. Note - Two crown tips were professionally retored. Authenticity guaranteed. Three crown whorl sections are rare! 

I01 BoP2           SIZE: 1-3/4" teeth   (Whorl  7-1/4")

Adding 15 Edestus shark specimens in April 2021.    Link to Edestus shark.

A very rare, Top Quality Edestus heinrichi shark tooth, from Herrin, Illinois. This is a Paleozoic shark that lived in swamps that our now underground coal deposits. An excellent matrix specimen that inludes the opposing tooth mold as well. Excellent preservation, serrations, and serration detail. The Edestus shark would have an upper and lower tooth whorl that are vertically opposed. Research showed that they could use their opposing teeth in a scissor-like motion or a vertical whipping motion to cut prey. It is the first animal to cut vertically. A very strange looking and unique acting shark. Shark recreation image is credited to Julio Lacerdo. These rare teeth are Pennsylvanian age from Illinois. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - shipping weight is 1.9 lbs. International "free shipping" will require supplemental postage.

I11        SIZE:  3" w/ root  (1-1/2" crown) ;  Matrix block is 3.5" x 3.5"

Adding 22 Edestus shark teeth in July 2025.    Link to Edestus shark.

A very rare, LARGE, Top Quality Edestus heinrichi shark tooth, from Herrin, Illinois. This is a Paleozoic shark that lived in swamps that our now underground coal deposits. Note - this tooth has a lot of pyrite and the tip is naturally rounded (polished)  which thought to be due to the vertical whipping motion used to slice prey.  Excellent preservation, serrations, and serration detail. The Edestus shark would have an upper and lower tooth whorl that are vertically opposed. Research showed that they could use their opposing teeth in a scissor-like motion or a vertical whipping motion to cut prey. It is the first animal to cut vertically. A very strange looking and unique acting shark. Shark recreation image is credited to Julio Lacerdo. These rare teeth are Pennsylvanian age from Illinois. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. 

I09        SIZE:  4-1/8" w/ root  (1-7/8" crown) 

Adding 22 Edestus shark teeth in July 2025.    Link to Edestus shark.

An ultra rare Top Quality, upper jaw Notorynchus kempi, Seven-gill Cow shark, tooth from Kent, Kazakhstan. This tooth has six primary cusps. An Eocene (Bartonian) Cow shark species. Kazakh N. kempi teeth are quite rare and excellent examples are hard to locate. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A Perfect tooth. One of the finest localities for Eocene age shark teeth! Incredible black color!

K441           SIZE: 3/4"

Note - Adding 30 Kazakh Notorhynchus teeth in April 2022.    Kazakhstan Notorhynchus Catalog

A LARGE, Top Quality Bone Valley Negaprion brevirotris, the Lemon shark tooth from Polk Co., Florida. A scarce lowe rjaw tooth.  Highest quality enamel. An excellent black colored crown with a white root. Great color! Sharp edges. Great eye appeal. A BIG Bone Valley collector's Lemon shark tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. You don't see these any more!

F416         SIZE: 13/16'' 

Note - Adding 20 new BV Lemon shark teeth in June 2019.  ->  Link to BV Lemon shark teeth