Carcharocles megalodon Agassiz
Kuzubukuro, Higashi-matsuyama city, Saitama pref., Japan
Miocene, Neogene, Cenozoic (15 Ma)
Classification
Kindgom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Chondrichthyes, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Order Lamniformes, Family Otodontidae
Synonym
Carcharodon megalodon Agassiz, Procarcharodon megalodon Casier
Width: 50 mm. Tooth fossil of a huge shark. Recovered from upper brown bed of Godo Formation formed under the marine environment such as continental shelf.
Width: 10 mm. Magnified image of the edge of the tooth. There are rounded notches along the tooth edge.
Other localities
- Shark tooth (Megalodon) (Kuzubukuro, Saitama pref.)
- Shark tooth (Megalodon with crenulation) (Kuzubukuro, Saitama pref.)
- Blood vein in shark tooth (Kuzubukuro, Saitama pref.)
- Shark teeth (Kuzubukuro, Saitama pref.)