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Carcharocles megalodon - Caribbean

SKU

CA02

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$1,500.00

Overview

An ULTRA RARE, Top Quality 5-3/8" Caribbean Megalodon tooth - an upper jaw PRINCIPAL ANTERIOR tooth. An April 2022 Fossil of the Month offering. This Megalodon tooth has an incredible orange colored crown. Highest quality enamel with very small hydration cracks. The bourlette is tan & orange colored and near perfect. Note - tooth was recovered years ago from an old quarry that produced colorful teeth. Fantastic color! The serrations are razor sharp and essentially complete. Excellent serrations overall. The root is an orange color and no hydration cracks. Note - this tooth has professional restoration on tip and the root (typical for these teeth). Otherwise a perfect tooth. Excellent symmetry. This Megalodon was found in a commercial limestone quarry in the Caribbean (Miocene age). This is an incredibly colored Caribbean Megalodon tooth. One of finest examples of an ultra rare Caribbean Megalodon tooth that is natural that I have seen. An exceptional, rare collector's Megalodon tooth! Museum Quality Megalodon. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - The limestone is sawed into thin blocks for extraction which totally destroys 99%+ of these Megalodon teeth. The teeth with minimal damage are restored for collectors. Best of the BEST color tooth!

CA02 SIZE: 5-3/8" (3-5/8" W)

Note - Adding 2 Carribean Megs in April 2022 Link to Carribbean Megalodon Teeth

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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.

Carribean Megalodon teeth are sourced limestone quarries and are wonderfully colored and preserved. Unfortunately, 99%+ of the teeth are found when a saw blade strikes the tooth during the mining operation. A change sound during the cutting operation alerts the operators that the saw blade struck an object and they will stop and extract the teeth. So, essentially all of these Carribean teeth require some professional restoration.