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This 1.95" fossil lesser white shark (mako) tooth comes from Venice, Florida, the Shark Tooth Capital of the World. These teeth are prized for their clean, symmetrical shape and glossy enamel.
This tooth has the classic traits of the lesser white shark, including a smooth, blade-like crown with no serrations, glossy natural enamel, and a well-preserved root. The photos show the exact tooth you will receive.
About the Lesser White Shark (Mako)
Carcharodon hastalis, long known to collectors as the broad-toothed mako (Isurus hastalis), lived in oceans around the world during the Miocene and Pliocene. Its teeth have broad, smooth-edged blades with no serrations and a glossy enamel that takes on beautiful colors as it fossilizes. Many researchers now consider this shark an ancestor of the modern great white, which is why it has been moved into the same genus and is increasingly called the lesser white shark. Large, symmetrical teeth with complete roots are the most sought after.
Where This Fossil Comes From: Venice, Florida
Venice, on Florida's Gulf Coast, calls itself the Shark Tooth Capital of the World. Fossil shark teeth erode out of offshore deposits and wash up along its beaches, including Caspersen and Golden Beach, while divers recover larger teeth from the sea floor just offshore. Venice teeth are usually black, gray, or dark brown, and the area produces a wide mix of species, from tiny tiger and lemon shark teeth to lesser white sharks, Hemipristis, and the occasional megalodon. Learn how to search for your own in our Florida fossil hunting guide.
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