Shiny enamel coats this still shiny enamel coated tooth of the world's largest shark species to ever lived. Carcharodon megalodon meaning "big tooth" in greek, was an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era (early Miocene to end of Pliocene).
 
Regarded as one of the largest and most powerful predators in vertebrate history, C. megalodon probably had a profound impact on the structure of marine communities. Fossil remains suggest that this giant shark reached a length of 18 metres (59 ft), and also indicate that it had a cosmopolitan distribution.
 
This specimen measures 3.62 inches and has almost perfect enamel on the front and back of the tooth. Though it doesn't have a good deal of sharp serrations, it does however has pathological marks of what would have been a fight or a feeding wear on the tooth as seen by the deep markings and dentation of the tooth.
 
A tooth of this size is pretty rare and to add to that is the amazing detailed preservation of the enamel coating on this large tooth. Found on a dive trip by divers off the coasts of Georgia USA. Definitely a great conversatiobal piece if not great collector's item!
 
Please not thay partial of the dentine did not fossilise or was damaged before the fosslisation process took place and as a result, the tooth isn't complete and perfect.