Description
Fossilised Megalodon Tooth 7cm, Miocene/Pliocene
This is a three quarter complete Fossilised Megalodon Tooth at 7cm, the enamel is in good condition with excellent perfect serrations. This tooth measures 7cm from the tip to the centre of the root, and dates back to the Miocene/Pliocene period making it 5-20 million years old.
Megalodon sharks have been extinct for over 3 million years. The actual name Megalodon fittingly means ‘Big Tooth’. The megalodon shark preferred warmer water, with the juveniles inhabiting warm coastal areas. Current thinking suggests that cooling sea temperatures, brought on by the ice-ages, together with the lack of prey led to their eventual decline and extinction. Megalodon Sharks are one of the largest and powerful predators that have swam in our seas. The largest megalodon sharks would have been 15-18 metres long with jaws up to 3 metres wide. Because sharks don’t have bones, only cartilage, it is generally only fossilised teeth that are found. The teeth of the megalogon shark are exceptionally robust. These teeth were perfect for grabbing prey and also cutting through and breaking bone.
The Great White Shark that is alive today grows to only a third of the size of the megalodon shark. There is still an ongoing debate as to whether the great white shark have evolved directly from the megalodon shark.
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