An unusually large megalodon tooth

Mar 28, 2024 7:57 PM

A rough measurement of this tooth. I belive this is the shorter slant, without the tip, the slant height is 12.65cm.

The width of half of the tooth is 6.6cm, so a rough estimation of the total width of this tooth is 6.6*2 = 13.2cm. Given that this may be the shorter slant, the total width could be even greater if the shape is asymmetric.

This is the actual size comparison with the L1 of UF311000 from aurora formation, which is the widest tooth in that famous dentition. However, this tooth is still much wider

The width of this tooth seems to indicate that this is an early lateral, possibly L1-L3, but the shape of this tooth is so much different then ordinary early lateral

I compare it with another large lateral tooth in my collection. It's 17.2cm long, 13.2cm wide. It seems like these two teeth do have similar width

My approach to reconstruct the size and shape of this tooth. Its shape is very similar to another frontward posterior/backward lateral in my collection

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