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Megalodon

Megalodon…the name simply means ‘large tooth’ and indeed it’s teeth were as fearsome as their owner.

Megs lived approx. 23 – 3.2 million years ago and, at 40ft – 65ft (12m – 20m) were the largest predatory shark to have ever swam the oceans. By comparison, the largest living shark today is the Whale Shark and it feeds on plankton.

Our fossil collection includes a real megalodon tooth from a shark that would have measured approx. 40ft (see image below beside a (white) replica modern Great White Shark tooth at approx. 20ft) as well as a replica tooth from a shark at the top range at approx. 65ft.

This fossil tooth has been worn smooth rather than have the usual serrations, so it is likely that it was shed naturally as sharks continuously replace worn teeth throughout their lifetime.

These teeth, alongside a few other shark teeth, are always at each event and may be handled under close supervision upon request.

What’s on offer?

What specific fossils and artefacts are on offer? The collection includes the following and most can be seen, and held, at the events:

  • Billion year old meteorite
  • Trilobite 250 – 520 million years old
  • Seeded Tree Fern 300 million years old
  • Belemite (squid bone) 201 million years old
  • Crocodile tooth 145 million years old
  • Utah Raptor Claw (replica) 135 million years old
  • Coprolite (poo) 125 million years old
  • Mosasaur tooth in jawbone 101 million years old
  • Mosasaur tooth and sabretooth herring vertebrae (feeding behaviour) 101 million years old
  • Therapod tooth 100 million years old
  • Grasshopper 100 million years old
  • Ammonite 100 million years old
  • Pterosaur tooth 96 million years old
  • Sawfish tooth 95 million years old
  • Oviraptor Eggshell 75 million years old
  • Saltasaurus Eggshell 70 million years old
  • Libyan Desert Impact Glass 26-29 million years old
  • Megalodon Tooth 23 million years old
  • Whale Ear Bone 12 million years old
  • Dolphin Vertebrae 10 million years old
  • Hand Axe 130,000 – 1,700,000 years old
  • Flint Knife 20,000 years old
  • Neolithic Flint Arrowhead 6,000 years old
  • Neolithic Pottery Fragment 6,000 years old
  • Bronze-age Persian Arrowhead 3,000 years old
  • Viking / Medieval Arrowheads 700CE – 1400CE (replica)
  • Karambits (replica) 1000CE – 2020CE: I have one (a few) designed by Forged in Fire judge Doug Marcaida
  • Norman Sword 1066CE – 1180CE (replica)
  • Musket balls from Siege of Derry 1600 – 1690CE
  • Flintlock Pistol 1700s (replica)
  • Cold .45 Single Action Army 1872 (replica)
  • Winchester Repeating Rifle (mares leg edition) 1892CE (replica)

So as you can see, whilst this list is far from exhaustive, there is something from most time periods throughout history.

Note: all these fossils were bought from www.fossilsforsale.co.uk and the musket balls were bought from Gerry on eBay. Without them I wouldn’t have this collection.

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