Megalodon - Fossilised animal - 10 cm

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Otodus megalodon tooth specimen Megalodonte from the Neogene Miocene (23.03–5.33 million years ago) originating in Indonesia, 10 cm high, in natural condition.

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A large Megalodon tooth. Completely natural. A very valuable tooth, enormous and with a beautiful shape and color. Discovered on the island of Java.
Otodus megalodon (whose species name, megalodon, derives from Greek and means "great tooth"), commonly known as megalodon or megalodonte, is an extinct [3] species of gigantic shark that lived from the Early Miocene to the Early Pliocene, about 23–3.6 million years ago (Aquitanean-Zanclean), whose large fossil teeth indicate a cosmopolitan distribution. In the past, it was thought that O. megalodon belonged to the family Lamnidae and was a close relative of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), but subsequent studies have reclassified it within the extinct family Otodontidae, a family that separated from the lineage of the great white shark during the Early Cretaceous.

Size estimates for the Megalodon vary depending on the method used, with maximum total-length projections ranging from 14.2 to 20.3 meters.

A large Megalodon tooth. Completely natural. A very valuable tooth, enormous and with a beautiful shape and color. Discovered on the island of Java.
Otodus megalodon (whose species name, megalodon, derives from Greek and means "great tooth"), commonly known as megalodon or megalodonte, is an extinct [3] species of gigantic shark that lived from the Early Miocene to the Early Pliocene, about 23–3.6 million years ago (Aquitanean-Zanclean), whose large fossil teeth indicate a cosmopolitan distribution. In the past, it was thought that O. megalodon belonged to the family Lamnidae and was a close relative of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), but subsequent studies have reclassified it within the extinct family Otodontidae, a family that separated from the lineage of the great white shark during the Early Cretaceous.

Size estimates for the Megalodon vary depending on the method used, with maximum total-length projections ranging from 14.2 to 20.3 meters.

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Specimen
Megalodon
Country of Origin
Indonesia
Geological Period
Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)
Condition
Natural
Height
10 cm
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