Otodus megalodon
Fossil
Also called Megalodon, Megalodon tooth, Carcharocles megalodon, Carcharodon megalodon, and Meg
About it
Broad, triangular, finely serrated teeth, up to about 18 centimetres on the slant, with a dark band (bourlette) above the root, from the largest shark known. Found in Miocene and Pliocene beds of the Carolinas, Florida, Peru, and Indonesia.
- Type
- Fossil (vertebrate)
- Group
- Shark (cartilaginous fish)
- Colours
- black, grey, brown, blue-grey, tan
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Neogene
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.