Carcharocles megalodon, Agassiz with crenulation
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: 40 mm. Tooth fossil of huge shark. Crenulation is preserved well. Recovered from the lower fresh part of Godo Formation formed under the marine environment such as continental shelf.
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.)