Posted on 08/09/2018 1:22:16 PM PDT by ETL
An Australian teacher and fossil enthusiast stumbled upon the finding of a lifetime when he uncovered a set of fossilized 3-inch teeth from an extinct shark, known as the great jagged narrow-toothed shark or Carcharocles angustidens.
Phillip Mullaly said that he couldn't believe what he saw, as he walked along Jan Juc, a beach town and well-known fossil site along Victoria’s Surf Coast in Australia.
“I was walking along the beach looking for fossils, turned and saw this shining glint in a boulder and saw a quarter of the tooth exposed," Mullaly said in a statement. "I was immediately excited, it was just perfect and I knew it was an important find that needed to be shared with people."
The teeth, which measure 7 centimeters (2.7 inches) long, belong to one of the largest ocean predators to ever live. Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed sharks grew up to and surpassed 30 feet in length, roaming the ancient seas.
Finding teeth are important for understanding how ancient sharks lived, as the majority of their bodies are made up of cartilage, which unlike bones, does not fossilize.
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Congratulations! Pretty nice tooth too!
Wow, How big do those get ?
“By comparison, great whites have been known to grow up to 20 feet in length, including the shark known as “Deep Blue,” the largest great white ever caught on camera.
The megalodon, of which the Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed shark is a cousin, is commonly accepted to have reached 60 feet in length. However, some scientists have theorized it could have been 80 feet long.
The megalodon, which went extinct 2.6 million years ago, is being featured in the new movie “The Meg,” starring Jason Statham.
Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed sharks were the top predators of their time, having lived approximately 25 million years ago. They feasted on ancient whales, among other sea creatures.”
Can you imagine having a mouthful of those!
Uhhh, where’s the tooth? Cant see it
Recent history the two largest sharks have been 36 and 37 feet.
Very impressive. Tooth too!
Good thing she had her floaties with her.
Are you blind???
Er...not guilty?
What tooth??
Yes! I was always very interested in Ichthyology!
Immune from prosecution . . .
I know where you can find more of those but we’re gonna need a motorboat to get to the location.
Oh my...
She could eat an ear of corn through a picket fence ...
Every picture of her, and she is posing, suggests she’s an 11 out of 10 on the whack-o-meter.
Can you imagine having a mouthful of those!
You win the Internet today.
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