Fossil Tooth Of Great White Shark - Carcharodon Carcharias - South Carolina - Neogene

Pretty fossil tooth of the shark Carcharodon carcharias, known as the "Great White Shark". Superb original black patina, natural coloring due to epigenization: incorporation of pigments from the surrounding sands of the seabed during the fossilization of the tooth into stone). Superb tightness all along the tooth (“sawtooth” serrations). No restoration. Period: Neogene (approximately -23 to -2.6 million years ago). Origin: South Carolina Dimensions: Maximum length 5.5 cm / Width of the base of the root: 3.5 cm Slight shine of the enamel on the labial edge of the tooth, very discreet. The fossil remains of sharks in no way represent protected species, since they are now extinct. The sale of fossils from these is then authorized.