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Very Rare, 5.01" Fossil Megalodon Tooth - Bakersfield, CA
This is a very rare complete Megalodon tooth from Sharktooth Hill, near Bakersfield, CA. While complete meg teeth are quite commonly found in many locations on the East Coast of the US, they are exceedingly hard to find in California. People collecting at Shark Tooth Hill can frequently dig for weeks or even months without finding complete ones.
This specimen is good-sized at 5.01" long and still maintains its sharp serrations. It was left embedded in the sandstone in which it was found which is filled with the bones of marine mammals like Sea Lions or whales. The entire piece measures 10.5 x 5.2 x 3.5" and it comes with a display stand.
There is one small area of restoration on the left edge of the tooth.
This specimen is good-sized at 5.01" long and still maintains its sharp serrations. It was left embedded in the sandstone in which it was found which is filled with the bones of marine mammals like Sea Lions or whales. The entire piece measures 10.5 x 5.2 x 3.5" and it comes with a display stand.
There is one small area of restoration on the left edge of the tooth.
About Sharktooth Hill
Sharktooth Hill is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Bakersfield, California. It represents an exposure of the Temblor Formation, a middle-Miocene marine deposit. 15 million years ago the sea levels were substantially higher, and central California was covered by what is known as the Temblor Sea.
Two highly fossiliferous bone beds in the formation were created when fossils originally deposited at the bottom of the sea eroded out of the rocks, were concentrated by ocean currents, and subsequently reburied. Because the fossils in these bone beds are reworked, only isolated teeth and bones are found in these beds.
Today, the original Sharktooth Hill is a National Natural Landmark, but private property surrounding it contains operational pay-to-dig fossil quarries.
Sharktooth Hill is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Bakersfield, California. It represents an exposure of the Temblor Formation, a middle-Miocene marine deposit. 15 million years ago the sea levels were substantially higher, and central California was covered by what is known as the Temblor Sea.
Two highly fossiliferous bone beds in the formation were created when fossils originally deposited at the bottom of the sea eroded out of the rocks, were concentrated by ocean currents, and subsequently reburied. Because the fossils in these bone beds are reworked, only isolated teeth and bones are found in these beds.
Today, the original Sharktooth Hill is a National Natural Landmark, but private property surrounding it contains operational pay-to-dig fossil quarries.
$3,450
SPECIES
Otodus megalodon
LOCATION
Sharktooth Hill, Bakersfield, CA
FORMATION
Temblor Formation
SIZE
Tooth 5.01" long, Entire Piece 10.5 x 5.2 x 3.5"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#351420
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