Before anyone could photograph the, study or put Megalodon teeth on a shelf, it was doing something less peaceful. It was among the biggest predatory sharks to have ever been found in oceans on Earth. The tooth fell off. This is the case for most items. For dinosaur fossils this could be the beginning of a new story.

The fossils of Fossil Driven have been traversed through a journey of geology that is not measured in years or decades rather, in the millions of years. Understanding the journey can change the perception of viewing fossils. It’s not just looking at an interesting object. You’re witnessing the physical evidence of a past world.

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First Stop: An Ancient Ocean

Take a look at the Megalodon molars found in West Java, Indonesia. About 20 million years ago warm marine habitats were common in the dry areas that exist today. Megalodon sharks lived in those waters along with numerous other species of marine life.

Megalodon also produced and shed teeth in a similar way to sharks of today. A few of these teeth were later buried in sediments from the sea. If the conditions are right burial can protect them enough to allow them to fossilize.

Then Geology Suddenly Takes Over

The next chapter was incredibly slowly. Sediments began to collect. Minerals interacted with each other and submerged material. The effects of geological forces changed the landscape, and once-underwater environments later became part of our country. These processes explain why shoppers find that fossil megalodons are of various hues.

Indonesian specimens in the West Java’s Miocene Bentang Formation are often dark brown, golden blue, red or black. Some exhibit several shades on a single tooth. The minerals surrounding an object can affect the shade of a tooth after a lengthy burial. Nature is unable to reproduce the results in mass. Every fossil has been through its own geological history.

Discovery Starts a New Chapter

In the end, a fossil that was hidden for a number of thousands of years is found. Identification and documentation are now essential.

Collectors don’t just look at the appearance of megalodon’s teeth when they look for them. The information about the locality and the age of geological formation preservation, repairs and restoration can assist in understanding what collectors are actually studying.

Natural wear can’t erase the fossil’s history. A worn edge, an imperfect tooth, or even a missing serration might be simply a result of what happened to that specimen prior to burial and afterwards. The most important thing is describing its condition accurately.

Fossil Driven’s history of fossil identification is more than 13 years. We have established relationships with fossil hunters and fossil suppliers. The fossils are studied and described, with relevant information if possible.

The Fossil will eventually land in the hands of someone

People buy real Fossils for many reasons. Certain collectors have carefully categorized collections. Some are looking to create a dramatic conversation piece. A child fascinated by fossils from the past could receive a initial fossil which sparks an interest that lasts for a lifetime in paleontology.

Megalodon teeth are not the only entry point into this world. Dinosaur teeth, fossils of mosasaurs trilobites, ammonites mammoth materials, and other specimens preserve entirely different chapters of Earth’s past.

The best part of knowing that this is authentic

A replica could replicate the general shape and size of a tooth from prehistory. The replica is not able recreate the history of the tooth. It is not possible to reproduce its past.

This is why that authenticity is essential. A fossil is an evidence of a journey that’s been nearly impossible to imagine. The display case represents its latest stop.