Colorful Tooth from Snaggletooth Shark Hemipristus

Hemipristus serra shark tooth

Class Chondrichthyes, Order Carcharhiniformes, Family Hemigaleidae

Geological Time: Oligocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 35 mm long (diagonal), 31 mm wide at base of root

Fossil Site: Summerville, South Carolina

Code: SKT10

Price: $35.00 - sold

Description: This is a fine example of a tooth from the extinct “Snaggletooth Shark” Hemipristus serra. The specific name is easy to discern. Given the sharp serrations, this is a tooth from the upper jaw (lower jaw teeth were not serrated). Teeth are highly variable in color, a consequence of the minerals in the water that formed the deposits. This one has a most pleasing gray coloration. This one comes in a 108 mm by 83 mm display box, making it a fine presentation specimen.

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