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Shark + ray teeth
Shark teeth are the most common found fossils of vertebrates. Not only because sharks already evolved in the Devonian, but also because their teeth are hard and easily fossilize and because a shark constantly replaces them. A shark has several rows of teeth, and can produce up to 15,000 teeth during its life. Other parts of a shark rarely fossilize. A shark skeleton consists of cartilage that hardly fossilizes since it is very soft.
The biggest shark that ever lived was Carcharodon megalodon. It was a white shark species that lived in the Miocene and Pliocene. It must have grown to about 15-18 m (50-60 ft) in length. Carcharodon teeth can be 20 cm (8 in) long. The height of its wide open jaws must have been about 1,5 m (5 ft). Its main food source were probably whales. Luckily it’s extinct!
While sharks have sharp, pointed teeth, rays have teeth with flattened surfaces that fit together like a mosaic to form bony plates. Many rays use these plates to crush the shells of invertebrate prey.
Bibliography:
La faune de l’Yprésien de la Belgique, E. Casier, 1946, Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium)
Les poissons tertiaires de la Belgique, M. Leriche, 1951, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium)
Die Selachier und Chimären des unteren Meeressandes und Schleichsandes im Mainzer Becken, T. Reinecke, 2001, Palaeo Publ. (Mortsel, Belgium)
Fossil shark teeth of the world, J. Cocke, 2002, Lamna Books (Torrance, US)
Megalodon, hunting the hunter, M. Renz, 2002, PaleoPress (Lehigh Acres, US)

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	Carcharocles megalodon #CM5277 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 4.72 inch / 11.8 cm Price: Euro 120.--

Carcharocles megalodon #CM5275 Megaselachus megalodon Set of 8 posteriors Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size biggest width: 1.04 inch / 2.6 cm Price: Euro 40.--

	Carcharocles megalodon #CM5243 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 2.48 inch / 6.2 cm Price: Euro 10.--

Carcharocles megalodon #CM5245 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 2.36 inch / 5.9 cm Price: Euro 10.--

	Carcharocles megalodon #CM5247 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 2.56 inch / 6.4 cm Price: Euro 15.--

Carcharocles megalodon #CM5249 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 2.32 inch / 5.8 cm Price: Euro 10.--

	Carcharocles megalodon #CM5251 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 2.2 inch / 5.5 cm Price: Euro 10.--

Carcharocles megalodon #CM5253 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 2.36 inch / 5.9 cm Price: Euro 30.--

Hemispristis serra #HS5273 Shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Gaines Ville, Fl., U.S.A. Size: 1.16 inch / 2.9 cm Price: Euro 10.--

	Carcharocles megalodon #CM5169 Megaselachus megalodon Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 5.84 inch / 14.6 cm Price: Euro

Carcharodon carcharias #CC5013 No restoration Great white - shark tooth Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size : 1.72 inch / 4.3 cm Price: Euro 10.--

	Carcharodon carcharias #CC5015 No restoration Great white - shark tooth Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size : 1.68 inch / 4.2 cm Price: Euro 10.--

Carcharodon carcharias #CC0937 White shark tooth No restoration L.Pliocene, 3.5 milj. years old Cape Town / South Africa Size: 2.4 inch / 6 cm Price: Euro 75.--

	Carcharodon carcharias #CC0939 Peruvian White shark tooth No restoration L.Pliocene, 3.5 milj. years old Cape Town / South Africa Size: 1.96 inch / 4.9 cm Price: Euro 15.--

Carcharodon carcharias #CC0831 White - shark tooth; NO restoration Pliocene, 2-4 milj. years old Nieuwvliet beach deposits / The Netherlands Size: 1.64 inch / 4.1 cm Price: Euro 15.--
	Carcharocles angustidens #CA0838 Miocene, 15 milj. years old Cadzand Beach deposits, Nederland Size: 2.2 inch / 5.5 cm Price: Euro 15.--
Carcharocles angustidens #CA0839 Miocene, 15 milj. years old Cadzand Beach deposits, Nederland Size: 1.64 inch / 4.1 cm Price: Euro 10.--

	Carcharocles megalodon #CM0684 Mega - shark tooth; some cosmetic restoration Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 5.6 inch / 14 cm Price: Euro

	Isurus retroflexus #IR0342+IR0344 2 Shark teeth U.Miocene, 8.8 milj. years old Nieuwvliet beach deposits / The Netherlands Size: 1.48+1.32 inch / 3.7+3.3 cm Price for both: Euro 8.--
	Ptychodus whipplei #PW0294 Bouldin Form., Cretaceous 90 Million years old Dallas, Cockrell Hill, Texas, U.S.A. Size : 0.68 inch / 1 to 1.8 cm Price for the 2 : Euro 10.--

	Carcharocles angustidens #HN0198 Miocene, 24 milj. years old Cadzand Beach deposits, Nederland Size: 1.16 inch / 2.9 cm Price: Euro 15.--

Carcharocles megalodon #CM0218 Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration Excellent specimen! Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A. Size: 3.6 inch / 9 cm Price: Euro
Isurus planus #IP0151 Shark tooth in Matrix No restoration M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California Size: 1.64 inch / 4.1 cm Price: Euro 15.--

Cosmopolitodus hastalis #CH0153 Shark tooth No restoration M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California Size: 2.56 inch / 6.4 cm Price: Euro 25.--
	Galeocerdo aduncus Cosmopolitodus hastalis #CG0155 Shark teeth in Matrix No restoration M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California Size Galeocerdo: 0.56 inch / 1.4 cm Price: Euro 15.--

Cetorinus maximus #CS0158 Size: 0.16 inch / 0.4 cm right Squalus occidentalis #SO0157 Size: 0.24 inch / 0.6 cm above Squatina lericheii #SL0156 Size: 0.28 inch / 0.7 cm above right Shark tooth in Matrix No restoration M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California Price: Euro 15.--

Carcharocles chubutensis #CC809 Peruvian shark tooth No restoration L.Miocene, 18 milj. years old Caballos Form, Sacaco, South of Ica Peru Size: 1.68 inch / 4.2 cm Price: Euro 60.--

	Hemiprisits serra #HS811 Peruvian shark tooth No restoration Rare Repair glued L.Pliocene, 3.9 milj. years old Caballos Form, Sacaco, South of Ica Peru Size: 1.44 inch / 3.6 cm Price: Euro 30.--

Carcharodon carcharias #CC817 Peruvian White shark tooth No restoration L.Pliocene, 3.9 milj. years old Caballos Form, Sacaco, South of Ica Peru Size: 2.48 inch / 6.2 cm Price: Euro 50.--

Carcharocles megalodon #MM802 Beautiful lower jaw Meg tooth Very Old collection from very very Rare site No restoration, small repair on root L.Globigerina "Green" Limestone formation U. Miocene, 8-15 milj. years old South West Coast of Gozo, MALTA Size: 3.08 inch / 7.7 cm Price: Euro 490.--

	Carcharocles angustidens #MA803 Very Old collection from very very Rare site No restoration L.Globigerina "Green" Limestone formation U. Miocene, 8-15 milj. years old South West Coast of Gozo, MALTA Size: 1.08 inch / 2.7 cm Price: Euro 100.--
	Dipazia stromeria #DS308 Rare tooth No restoration PalEocene, Phosphate beds 59 Million years old Khouribga Basin, Marocco Size : 1.48 inch / 3.7 cm Price: Euro 15.--
Carcharodon carcharias #AC138 White shark teeth; 14 fragments. From a rare location!! Early Pliocene, 4-5 milj. years old Whalers Bluff Formation Dutton Way, Victoria, Australia Price for all: Euro
	Serratolamna ascheroni #SA775 Lower (left) en Upper (right) jaw tooth PalEocene, Phosphate beds 55 Million years old Khouribga Basin, Marocco Size biggest: 1.32 inch / 3.3 cm Price : Euro 8.-- for both
	Unknown species #666 Shark Rostral node VERY RARE Yorktown formation, Pliocene, 4 million Years old Lee Creek Mine, N.C. U.S.A. Size fossil: 1.16 by 1.6 Inch / 2.9 by 4 cm Price : Euro
	Unknown spec. #673 Shark Cartilage ?Jaw fragment? VERY RARE Pungo formation, M. Miocene, 15 million Years old Size fossil: by 1.56 Inch / 3.9 cm Price : Euro 20.--
Carcharodon carcharias #CC682 No restoration White Shark tooth Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size : 0.96 inch / 2.4 cm Price: Euro 7.--
Pristiophorous lanceolatus #PL684 No restoration Saw shark tooth Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size : 1.28 inch / 3.2 cm Price: Euro 7.--
	Megachasma cf. pelagios #MP687 No restoration Megamouth Shark tooth Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size : 0.8 inch / 2 cm Price: Euro
	Usakia wardi #UW691 No restoration Otodontid Shark tooth Barthonian, Eocene, 40 milj. years old Tush bair, West Kazakhstan Size : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm Price: Euro 7.--

Carcharocles megalodon #CM095 Peruvian Mega shark tooth No restoration Some glueing on the Root Miocene, 20 milj. years old Caballos Formation Rio Ica, Peru Size: 4.89 inch / 12.2 cm Price: Euro 290.--
	Weltonia ancistrodon #VM019 No restoration Paleocene Phosphate beds 60 Million years old Oued Zem, Marocco Size : 0.48 inch / 1.2 cm Price: Euro
Palaeobatus angustissimus #PC015 Tooth on small matrix plate Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old Crailsheim, Germany Size : 0.12 inch / 0.3 cm Price: Euro 15.--
Hexanchus gigas #902 No restoration Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size wide: 1.28 inch / 3.2 cm Price: Euro
	Hexanchus gigas #903 No restoration Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size wide: 1.24 inch / 3.1 cm Price: Euro 35.--
Hexanchus gigas #908 No restoration Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size wide: 0.84 inch / 2.1 cm Price: Euro 20.--
Carcharodon carcharias #915 No restoration Great white - shark tooth Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size : 1.6 inch / 4 cm Price: Euro 10.--
Cosmopolitodus hastalis #277 No restoration, rare location Miocene, 10 milj. years old Steendorp, Belgium Size: 1.48 inch / 3.7 cm Price: Euro 5.--
Onchopristis numidus #524 Saw shark tooth No restoration Tegana Formation (Albian) Cretaceous 110 million years old Kem Kem Beds, Marocco Size in cm see ruler : 1 inch = 2.5cm approx. Price: Euro
	Hexanchus gigas #404 No restoration Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile Size wide: 0.8 inch / 2 cm Price: Euro 15.--
	Onchopristis numidus #ONCHO333 Saw shark tooth from blade No restoration L. Cretaceous, 110 milj. years old South Border Marocco Algeria Size: 1.08 inch / 2.7 cm Price: Euro 10.--
Paleocarcharodon orientalis #82 Nice quality tooth No restoration Paleocene, Phosphate beds 60 Million years old Khouribga Basin, Marocco Size : 1.68 inch / 4.2 cm Price: Euro 10.--
	Paleocarcharodon orientalis #88 Nice quality tooth No restoration Paleocene, Phosphate beds 60 Million years old Khouribga Basin, Marocco Size : 1.16 inch / 2.9 cm Price: Euro 10.--