Otodus megalodon - Bone Valley

SKU
F002
Out of stock
$750.00
Overview

An EXTRA LARGE, QUALITY Bone Valley Megalodon upper jaw tooth from Polk County, Florida. An excellent GRAY colored tooth. Good quality enamel. The bourlette is tan color, huge and complete. Excellent color! The serrations are large & sharp with a worn tip serration. Very good serrations. The root is complete with one hydration crack. An excellent Miocene Megalodon tooth. 100% natural. No repair or restoration! A collector's BIG Meg tooth from Bone Valley. Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic old collection Bone Valley specimen. Rare size for a BV Meg!

F002      SIZE: 4-1/4"  

Note - Adding 11 Bone Valley Megalodon teeth in June 2022   -->   Link to Bone Valley Megalodon Teeth

Carcharocles megalodon or Megalodon was the largest and most powerful shark that ever lived. It ruled the seas from the early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene some 20 to 3 million years ago. It is believed that the Megalodon shark reached lengths of 60 feet and it possessed large, heavy triangular teeth which are fully serrated. These large teeth plus the highest estimated bite force of any animal (up to 180,000 newtons) allowed the Megalodon to bite through massive prey. The diet of an adult Megalodon consisted of whales and other large marine mammals.

Megalodon teeth can exceed 7" in length; however, very few teeth of that size have been found. Today, only the teeth and a possibly a few vertebrae remain from the massive predator. Megalodon teeth come is a variety of size, color and condition. Top quality teeth are comparatively rare and can be quite expensive. Also due to the higher value of complete and undamaged teeth, damaged Megalodon teeth will be repaired and restored. These teeth will be far less valuable, and their repaired condition should be made known to any buyer. We rarely will offer a repaired tooth, and if we do it will be clearly marked.

Bone Valley - Excellent Megalodon teeth are recovered from the Bone Valley Fm. in Florida. These teeth can be very colorful and well preserved. The Bone Valley Fm. is a middle to Late Miocene deposit in central Florida. The phosphate mining operations in Polk Co. has uncovered the majority Bone Valley fossils. Access to the phosphate mine dumps is very limited and appears to be highly restricted to a few fossil club entries. Exceptional Bone Valley Fm. Megalodon teeth are also recovered offshore Golden Beach and Venice Beach.