SHX049 - COLLECTOR GRADE CARCHAROCLES ANGUSTIDENS FOSSIL SHARK TOOTH FROM THE LOWER JAW

Product Description

ID

Carcharocles angustidens

FOUND

Beaufort, South Carolina

AGE

OLIGOCENE:  28 million years

SIZE

1.75" long on the diagonal

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.
ROOT WITH SOME EROSION.

NOTE

RARE LOWER TOOTH WITH 
SUPREME SERRATIONS AND
NEEDLE-SHARP TIP.  INTACT
SIDE CUSPLETS.

COLLECTOR GRADE!

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

The extinct Carcharocles angustidens species of shark is the first in the lineage of extinct Great White Sharks and is considered the second generation of giant White sharks preceding the notorious C. megalodon shark. This shark shows features of its teeth that later Meg dropped, namely, the cusplets flanking the crown. 

This is a LOWER JAW tooth, identified by the more narrow, taller profile of the crown.  Lower jaw teeth are not as common in fossil shark teeth as those from the upper jaw  The lower jaw served to stab and hold prey while the upper jaw did the sawing and cutting, putting more torsion and stress on the upper jaw teeth, thereby causing them to fall out at a greater rate.  This is a TOP COLLECTOR GRADE Angustidens tooth with nice colors and serrations.  It is complete and unbroken with both intact side cusplets.  The naturally lustrous enamel is accentuated by the beautiful root and bourlette.  Not many Angustidens teeth are this nice.  NO MACHINE POLISHING, RESTORATION OR REPAIR.