Another great video of some epic Megalodon tooth collecting near Summerville, SC from Black River Fossils.
Category: Megalodon Tooth Hunting
What is the largest Megalodon tooth ever found?
Largest verifiable Megalodon tooth at 7.48" long. Photo credit Craig Sundell
Fossil Megalodon teeth are relatively common in some areas of the world, such as the coastal regions of the SE United State. Most adult Megalodon teeth fall into the 4-5 inch size range. As teeth approach 6 inches they become rare, representing far less than 1% of teeth. These 6 inch teeth obviously represented extremely large individual sharks. Very few Megalodon teeth have ever been found exceeding 7 inches. Many...
Video: Epic Summerville Megalodon Tooth Hunting
So cool, looks like a lot of fun. The fossil shark teeth from Summerville, SC have some of the most beautiful colorations. Complete Megalodon teeth are fairly rare finds though at these land site localities.
Photos: Some Sweet Fossil Megalodon Teeth
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5.65" Megalodon tooth from Georgia -
5 Inch Georgia Megalodon Tooth -
Colorful 5.78" South Carolina Megalodon Tooth -
4+ Inch Venice Florida Megalodon Tooth -
5.21" Megalodon tooth from May River, Georgia -
Huge 6.21" Megalodon Tooth -
Rare 4.83" Bakersfield, CA Megalodon Tooth -
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Highly serrated white Megalodon tooth from Bone Valley, Florida -
Colorful Bone Valley, Florida Megalodon Tooth -
3.66" Megalodon tooth from Venice, Florida -
Nearly flawless juvenile Megalodon from Calvert Cliffs, Maryland -
5.95" Summerville, South Carolina Megalodon Tooth
Fossil Megalodon teeth in general are not rare in some locations, but extremely well preserved and large examples are rare and can be quite valuable. Below is some nice Megalodon tooth porn. You can see how unique some of the colorations are thanks to different minerals leaching into them during or after the fossilization process, as well as natural things that happened after fossilization. Photos courtesy of FossilEra.com which has a...
Video: Diver Finds 6 1/4 Fossil Megalodon Tooth
A video recording the exciting moment when a diver looking for Megalodon teeth, finds a massive, 6 1/4″, fossil tooth off the coast of the Carolinas. While large, fossil Megalodon teeth are relatively common in this area, 6 1/4″ is an absolute MONSTER tooth, and finding one complete certainly is rare. A tooth of this size would have come from an exceptionally large adult shark, probably in excess of...
Video: Finding a Giant Megalodon Tooth In California
A video segment from the Discovery Channel on resurrecting the Megalodon Shark. Starting about 1:06 in there is a nice section showing a large Megalodon tooth being unearthed from a quarry in Bakersfield, California. Meg teeth are pretty rare finds in Bakersfield compared to other localities so finding one there, especially a one of the quality in the video is a special find.
