Ancient Seas, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 2.6 million years ago. A beautiful, fossilized tooth from a megalodon shark with a highly polished obverse face and matte root. The enamel layer is a pale taupe gray and exhibits a naturally lustrous surface on the verso of the tooth. The obverse has been heavily polished to silky and glassy surface, revealing the inner layers of the black matrix underneath. The broad bourlette features dozens of fine vertical striations, and the bulky root bears stable fissures and bore holes from clams across its matte brown surface. Megalodons were one of the apex predators of the prehistoric oceans, but their teeth are the only parts that fossilized since these monstrous fish were mostly cartilage! Size: 4.4" L x 3.56" W (11.2 cm x 9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Lowcountry Geologic, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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#167733

Obverse face of enamel is polished to a glassy surface. Root has natural cavities and fissures from fossilization and boring clam activity. Losses to enamel, with peeling and chips to peripheries. Verso is natural and unpolished. Great coloration throughout.