Megalodon
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: The specimen is a Megalodon tooth. A Megalodon was a large shark that is now extinct. The tooth measures 9 cm x 6.5 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jun 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Manasota Key, waters off of, North America, North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, United States, Florida, Charlotte County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Carcharodon megalodon
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO405334
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Galeomorphii, Lamniformes, Lamnidae