South Carolina Megalodon 4.57"

South Carolina Megalodon 4.57"A beautiful tooth with a perfect tip and very sharp serrations was found in a South Carolina river. The tooth has a nice coloring and glossy enamel. Why so many Megalodon teeth come from offshore South Carolina? The coast of South Carolina is one of the most productive Megalodon tooth localities anywhere, especially for deep, rich black teeth. Offshore of todays beaches lies a wide continental shelf cut by ancient river channels and ledges where

facing down one of the fiercest land carnivores ever discovered

A genuine Globidents tooth is one of the most distinctive fossils a collector can own — and the tooth itself is why

dromeosaurids

Fossils like this help scientists understand how ancient animals lived

This specimen comes from the Lance Formation

Low reproductive rates make populations particularly vulnerable to decline

numerous well-preserved specimens have been found

a left ischium (UMNH VP 6380)

6 to 2 inches

Foraged on the seafloor

It lived at the very end of the Cretaceous Period

Megalodon ruled the oceans for roughly 15 million years before disappearing around 3