Description
Consider what had to happen for this specimen to exist. Carcharocles megalodon — possibly the largest predatory shark to have ever lived — reached perhaps 18 meters and went extinct approximately 3.6 million years ago (not still lurking in ocean trenches, as popularized fiction suggests). These precise casts of actual 7-centimeter teeth from South Carolina show the serrations clearly. The original sharks are gone; the geometry of their teeth endures.
This specimen originates from South Carolina, USA (cast from original), one of the world’s most significant localities for this type of material. Collectors and scientists have drawn from this region for generations, and for good reason: the combination of geological conditions here produces specimens of exceptional quality and clarity.
Every specimen is unique. Photographs approximate the visual experience, but the real thing — its weight, its luster under a raking light, the way it catches the corner of your eye — can only be experienced directly.
