10.0 cm dagger-shaped tooth of the Megaolodon

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Description

10.0 cm dagger-shaped tooth of the Megaolodon

The 10.0 cm tooth from Carcharocles Megalodon has brown-gray enamel and a clearly visible and palpable continuous serration. The black bourelette is largely intact. The somewhat more massive black tooth root has been slightly worn down and eroded over millions of years in the sea. The tooth comes from the lower jaw of the prehistoric giant.

Species:      Carcharocles Megalodon (Family: Otodontidae, Genus: Otodus)
Age:             approx. 3 - 20 million years old (Pliocene - early Miocene)
Location:    Coast off Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Weight:       133 g
Condition: 100% genuine and natural, No repairs or restorations