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THBRare & Huge White Chilean Megalodon Tooth
Lot 135c
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Seas, Atlantic Coast, Chilean, ca. 2 million years ago. An exceedingly RARE, sizable, and gorgeous fossilized Megalodon tooth of creamy beige hues. The edges of the tooth are somewhat sharp but would have been razor-sharp when the animal was alive; this said note that many of the individual serrations are still visible. Today so few Chilean Megalodon teeth are available, because the mine in Chile is closed - so teeth coming from this area are not available unless they come from older collections. A beautiful and quite rare example of one of the largest hunters of the ancient waters! Size: 4.875" W x 6" H (12.4 cm x 15.2 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: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection
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#144731Small chips to tip and some serrations at edges. Some loss to upper section of enamel. Several fissures commensurate with fossilization, and darkening to areas, otherwise intact and very good. Exceedingly rare and Chilean mines are closed today!Condition
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