Sharks Teeth

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SHARK TEETH

Thanks to Peter Benchley, the most-recognized shark in the world is the great white (left).

But the great white shark had two ancestors that were even more impressive...and scary. The "big dawg" was carcharocles megalodon (right), who lived from 3 to 15 million years ago.

At 52 feet in length and 52 tons, C-Megs was the largest predatory fish and the second-largest carnivore (after the Sperm Whale, physeter macrocephalus) ever to inhabit our planet. Megalodon teeth can be over 7" long (below, right). As you can see, C-Megs jaw was big enough for two people to fit into.

The second notable ancestor of our present day "Jaws" was carcharocles angustidens, who looked a lot like C-Megs, but wasn't as large. Whereas C-Megs teeth are normally black or dark brown, C-Angs teeth range from nearly white through shades of beige to brown. Our fossilized teeth, both C-Megs and C-Angs, come from clay and sand formations in the southeast US (Carolinas, Florida).

Carcharocles megalodon

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