Fossilised Teeth of Megalodon Shark

This is a fossilised teeth of a Megalodon Shark - Carcharodon megalodon.
The size of this teeth is around 15-16 cm with the biggest teeth recorded was around 18 cm.

Megalodon Shark is supposedly the biggest Sharks ever lived on earth, up to 15 meters in length.

This fossilised teeth was seen at D'Bone Museum in Davao, owned by a personal friend from US.
He found the teeth when in US.

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Thank you, finally I get to use this list again (although this is usually not good news):

https://www.jungledragon.com/list/123/extinct_species.html

Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, it is unfortunate but they were extinct over 2 millions years ago!
  And since Sharks are cartilaginous, I guess the only fossil of them can only be their teeth and possibly the jaw too. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    This seems like the most accurate jaw reconstruction created, took 20 years:
    http://www.theworldslargestsharksjaw.com/ Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. Albert Kang
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks for the article :) Posted 8 years ago

The C. megalodon

Megalodon is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era .

The taxonomic assignment of ''C. megalodon'' has been debated for nearly a century, and is still under dispute. The two major interpretations are ''Carcharodon megalodon'' or ''Carcharocles megalodon'' . Consequently, the scientific name of this species is commonly abbreviated ''C. megalodon'' in the literature.

Regarded as one of the largest and most.. more

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Similar species: Mackerel Sharks

Species identified by Albert Kang