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Alopias palatasi - Virginia

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VA31

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$1,295.00

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An ultra rare, LARGE Top Quality Alopias palatasi shark tooth, the extinct serrated Giant Thresher, from the Nottoway River, Virginia. A January Fossil of the Month. This is a Virginia Red Site tooth with excellent copper-red color. Excellent preservation and condition. Perfect serrations. A Miocene tooth. These teeth are not commonly found and seen. A rare collectors' tooth in top quality condition. Try finding one of these teeth! Authenticity guaranteed. An extra large size red site tooth! I have seen less than ten Alopias palatasi in 30 years.

VA31 SIZE: 1-9/16"

Posting 3 rare Virginia shark teeth in January 2025. Link to Virginia teeth.

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Alopias grandis is one of the three Giant Thresher sharks that appeared and went extinct in the Miocene. These Giant Thresher sharks include –

Alopias grandis - Giant Thresher with non-serrate teeth
Trigonotodus alteri - Giant Thresher with non-serrate teeth which have side cusps
Alopias palatasi - Giant Thresher with serrated teeth

Alopias grandis teeth finds are generally believed to be limited to Maryland, Virginia, No. Carolina, and So. Carolina. Supposedly, there is also a Sharktooth Hill example or two.

These were large sharks and believed to be the size of a Great White shark.

Exceptionally rare species, and try finding one in any color. The Giant Thresher is a rare tooth from the Miocene epoch to find! An incredibly challenging tooth to find at this site.

These Giant Alopias shark teeth are very rare and are quite difficult to locate.

One of the eight species of unique shark species of Viginia teeth from an old collection.