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Your cart is empty.This is a museum quality replica At somewhere around fifty feet long, Carcharodon megalodon was the largest shark that ever haunted the oceans. Now you can own a razor-sharp museum-replica tooth from this monster predator called Megalodon. This 5 1/2-inch replica is perfect right down to the serration's. Real MEG teeth of this size and quality could cost hundreds of dollars. Real fossil MEG teeth are generally black to caramel in color because of the minerals found in the sediment and rock where they were fossilized. Megalodon lived 2 - 50 million years ago. THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSSIL REPLICAS By definition authentic fossils are unique one of a kind occurrences. No two fossils are identical. In fact many fossils are the one and only known specimen of a particular genus or species. With only one specimen available for study how do paleontologist around the world study such rare and often very fragile specimens? One answer to that question is through replicas cast directly from the original fossil. This way many exact copies can be made and distributed for research and museum display all over the world. Thus fossils replicas are an important scientific tool. In some cases a replica of a fossil lost or destroyed may be the only remaining evidence of the original fossil. Replicas allow direct study of otherwise unattainable specimens. Replicas allow the public to see, enjoy and learn about specimens that otherwise might be locked away in some storage cabinet or vault. For example, there is only one original Archaeopteryx specimen known as the Berlin specimen and that original is kept in a vault in Germany. However, nearly every museum in the world displays a replica of this important fossil. Another example is the Tyrannosaurus rex known as "Sue", the most complete specimen ever found. There is only one original but replicas are in museums all over the world. The importance of replicas in paleontology and education cannot be overstated.
Eric M
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
Really cool tooth and bigger than I expected. Buried in my yard and had my 6 year old dig it up and he is convinced that it is real!
TENNESSEE VINTAGE ARCHAEOLOGY
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2023
Gift for my Great Nephew. He loved it and the size!
William R Brown III
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2023
Rather poor job of painting...would have much happier if it looked like the original picture instead of a piece of poorly painted plastic.
Scott E Ames
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020
Very nice resin cast replicas of a large shark tooth. My grandsons are very fascinated by sharks and I bought this as a novelty for them. They both love them!
Alicia
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2020
Very realistic looking and company enjoys looking at it. Measured around 5.5” from base to the point of the tooth. I feel it is pretty fragile and might not handle being dropped so keep it in a safe spot. The price was a bargain for this piece and as long as your okay with a replica you’ll be satisfied with this
William Werner
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019
I have a little nephew that's 10 years old love sharks he wants to study sharks when he gets older and he loved it he was ecstatic even liked it better than he liked the tiger shark jaw that his mama gave him for his birthday I think she was jealous lol
Jason
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2019
The tooth is pretty nice quality. My kid loves it. I took away a star because it did have a (very) small piece of white plastic chip / defect on the back. It's really small and my kid didn't notice, but for the price I'm going to be picky and ding them a star.
David
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2018
My five year old shark enthusiast is CONVINCED this is a Daddy megalodon tooth, no matter what I say. The details on this thing are incredible - it's got great weight to it, it *feels* so real, down to the tiny saw edges on the tooth, and hell, it really does look like the real thing! And he needs both hands to hold it! He is so excited to take it for kindergarten show and tell tomorrow. He is thrilled! I feel like the best mom ever!!!
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