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THBFossilized Megalodon Teeth - Group of 5
Lot 89a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Seas, ca. 2 million years ago. A wonderful ensemble of Megalodon teeth with an array of different colors formed via the process of fossilization. The first tooth has mottled brown and russet hues across both enamel and root. Second is a black tooth with visible serrations and a finely striated bourlette (upper enamel). The third tooth has a beige root, dark-orange hues on the bourlette, and a brown root with smooth surfaces. Fourth is a caramel-hued tooth with a missing root and chipped enamel that reveals the interior structure of the tooth. The largest tooth has a black bourlette, mottled brown and grey hues on the root, and orange-hued deposits within the root. Size of largest (orange root deposits): 4.625" W x 5.25" H (11.7 cm x 13.3 cm).
Megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon, literally "big tooth"), thought to have become extinct 1.6 million years ago, is the largest known member of the shark family. Prior to 1666, when naturalist Nicolaus Steno studied shark teeth and realized the error, people believed that these teeth were moon rocks or dragon's tongues. Megalodon teeth are all that remain of these ancient creatures, whose skeletal structures - like those of all sharks - were made of cartilage and did not fossilize. Interestingly, a megalodon's age at death can be determined by the growth rings radiating from the centra of the tooth.
Provenance: ex private Ventura County, California, USA collection, acquired prior to 2008
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#153929Restoration to half of brown-and-russet tooth and smaller black tooth, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines; three remaining teeth - with brown root, chipped enamel, and orange root deposits - are intact and excellent. Each tooth has chips and abrasions to enamel, bourlette, and root, with light encrustations. Light earthen deposits and great patina throughout.Condition
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