5" Megalodon Tooth | Hawthorn Formation

Location: Hawthorn Formation, South Carolina

Age: Miocene (2.6-15 MYO)

Approx. 5" long x 3" wide root 

This Megalodon Shark Tooth have been lightly buffed after cleaning, it has unadulterated enamel with zero restoration. 

This is a 100% authentic Megalodon shark tooth found diving off coastal waters of South Carolina. The Megalodon grew in excess of 60 feet long and weighed over 20 tons, carried a deadly arsenal of 184 razor sharp teeth, and the teeth could grow up to over 7 inches long. Megalodon was the top predator in our oceans from approximately 2-15 million years ago. Megalodons ate everything including whales, dugongs and giant squids.