Megalodon 5.56 Shark Tooth Fossil Atlantic Coast, SC Otodus megalodon

  

Age: Miocene or Pliocene, 23-3.6 million years old. This is an authentic Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth from the Offshore Atlantic Coast of South Carolina. For those unfamiliar, Carcharocles/Otodus megalodon is an extinct species of shark, and was in fact the largest species of shark to ever live, with adult size estimates ranging from 50-65 feet in length.

Megalodon lived between about 23 and 2.6 million years ago and could be found in oceans worldwide. They likely preyed upon sizeable aquatic animals, such as whales and sea turtles.