Extinct Megamouth tooth .38"

Extinct Megamouth tooth .38"This rare Extinct Megamouth Shark tooth is from Kern County, California. No repair or restoration. Fossil teeth of an ancient megamouth shark, Megachasma applegatei, were discovered in Miocene deposits at Pyramid Hill, California. These small, multi cusped teeth revealed that megamouth sharks have existed for over 20 million years. The modern megamouth shark, a rare and elusive deep sea species first discovered in 1976, shares a direct lineage with

It appears after earlier species like Otodus obliquus and before the emergence of Otodus megalodon

It was recovered from the Maricopa asphalt seep in Southern California in the 1960’s and 70’s

which may have hunted similar prey or even Megalodon juveniles

Narrower and more elongated

intact root

The study of these prehistoric proboscideans

Spinosaurus was first discovered in Egypt in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915

giving it a rugged

often dense and durable

Whether you’re building a fossil display

powerful legs

and Ornitholestes