4.2" Bizarre Edestus Shark Teeth In Jaw Section - Carboniferous

Bizarre Edestus Shark Teeth In Jaw Section - Carboniferous #231948

This is a very unusual and hard to acquire offering of a fossil tooth and jaw section from the Carboniferous aged shark Edestus heinrichi. These rare teeth are recovered deep underground in the coal mines of Illinois. The teeth are in okay condition with glossy black-grey enamel preservation and some damage. There is a repaired crack through the jaw.

Comes with a riker mount display case.

Edestus was a very unusual shark only known from fossils of teeth and jaw sections. They could likely reach 20 feet in length, about the same size as a modern great white. Like its other relatives like Helicoprion, it did not shed its teeth as they became worn. This caused the jaws to become elongated and resemble a monstrous pair of shears. It is unclear how these sharks would have caught and eaten their prey with this jaw configuration.

An artist's reconstruction of Edestus. By Dmitry Bogdanov

SPECIES

Edestus heinrichi

AGE

Late Carboniferous - Pennsylvanian