Miocene period, 28-5 millon years BP A tooth from the extinct shark species Megalodon, showing fine preservation, with black the bourlette complete and good serrations; A complete tooth with nice triangular shape; mounted on a perspex display stand. 303 grams including stand, tooth 11 cm. (4 1/4"). Ex Douglas Rose collection. Megalodon, meaning big tooth, from Greek mega = big and odon = tooth, is an extinct species of shark that lived roughly from 28 to 1.5 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era (late Oligocene to early Pleistocene). It is represented in the fossil record primarily by teeth and vertebral centra. As with all other sharks, the skeleton, except the teeth, was formed of cartilage rather than bone; this results in mostly poorly preserved fossil specimens.[No Reserve]

Very fine condition.