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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 6-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.
Gil
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2019
A little disappointed in the size but my son didnt seem to mind much
jonathan hendricks
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017
Looks good as a real one think I mite paint it to match a real one
Holly L Curtis
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2016
Mine did not come in perfect shape because the bottom was chipped off but understandable because was and still is curved and it was shipped from across the U.S. But if you glue it back together it just looks like a natural dent in the tooth. Plus it came I in three days even though it was shipped across the U.S.
David Dumont
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016
Received product as advertised.This thing is looks great! Has a good weight to it as well and the sculpt was good quality but I think with a tiny bit more attention paid to underside with a dremel the "serrations" on tooth could have been made to look more realistic with only a tiny bit more work.Overall it's a great buy and I'm happy with what I received
Marshall Sloan
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2016
Perfect as part of a display I'm building for my nine year old Grandson's room. the only thing that could have made them better is: if they were actual fossil's, but then I couldn't have afforded them, so I suppose that makes them perfect. Raptor claws, T-rex & Megalodon teeth. in an acrylic display, What nine year old boy (or girl) wouldn't dig it!
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016
My sister-in-law is a shark fanatic and loves everything related to sharks..........she let me borrow a book about megalodon's and I though this gift would be awesome. I was nervous about purchasing this but when the package arrived I was impressed, it had a nice weight to it and looked exactly like the picture. My sister-in-law loved it even though it was a replica because it is really cool looking.
judy loveland
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2016
what was posted was not what the item was....was not stated it was a replica
Michael Butler
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2015
My son loves this. He shows it to all his friends and family. Looks like the real thing. Has good heft. If you are into sharks, then this is a great item for you. Also, great gift for you favorite shark lover.
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