Quality Bakersfield C. planus Fossil Tooth 1.87"

Quality Bakersfield C. planus Fossil Tooth 1.87"This large Carcharodon planus (Mako) tooth is gorgeous! It has a stunning blue coloration, with a super dense reddish root. Truly a beautiful tooth. Found in Bakersfield, California. No repair or restoration. Carcharodon planus Carcharodon planus is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived during the Paleogene, primarily in the Eocene to Oligocene (roughly 4025 million years ago). It represents an earlier stage in the evolution of large

the Megalonyx genus was a significant part of the Pleistocene megafauna in the Americas

and Baltic amber specimens often preserve them in exceptional detail — wings

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distinguished by their ornate horns and frills

But what makes them even more impressive is that they also had an extra set of teeth on the roof of the mouth called pterygoid teeth

and its own slice of the ancient Florida seafloor

It represents a transitional form between earlier mako-like sharks and later apex predators

shallow marine environments that covered large parts of ancient coastlines

The Lance Formation of Wyoming

suggesting Aphelops was far less socially competitive than Teleoceras — perhaps living in a more dispersed

Later work has shown that it’s very hard to be certain from teeth alone

All of the minute details have been highlighted by the polishing process that is done in house