Venice Megalodon 3.20"

Venice Megalodon 3.20"Just a bit of damage on the tip, otherwise sharply serrated, symmetrical tooth from a land site in Venice. Megalodon teeth from Venice, FL The Venice, Florida area is often called the Shark Tooth Capital of the World, and for good reason. Just offshore of Venices modern beaches lies a broad, shallow Gulf shelf cut by ancient river channels and dotted with fossil bearing sediments. These deposits include Miocene and Pliocene marine and nearshore layers

Occasional rarer finds such as tapir or bear

This well-preserved Onchopristis tooth fossil

Not as abundant commercially as some Cretaceous theropods – Despite being common in the fossil record

Bone Valley has been extensively mined for phosphate used primarily in agriculture

and streamlined bodies built for swimming

cylindrical body with a short

dredging operations

A-grade specimen

constantly shed and replaced its teeth throughout its life

There is no coating on the tooth

contributing to the rich marine biodiversity of their time

woolly fur and featuring a massive horn on its snout