March 13, 2018
The well-preserved tooth is an
estimated 2-2.5 million years old and belonged to a Megalodon, regarded as one
of the largest and most powerful fish to have ever lived
A giant fossilised tooth from a
prehistoric shark has gone missing from a supposedly secret location at a
remote Australian World Heritage site, and wildlife officials want it back.
The well-preserved tooth, which
could be valuable to collectors, is an estimated 2-2.5 million years old and
belonged to a Megalodon, regarded as one of the largest and most powerful fish
to have ever lived.
"It had quite defined
features on it, so you could see the serrated edge of the shark's tooth, it was
probably one of the better specimens we knew of," said Arvid Hogstrom from
Parks and Wildlife in Western Australia.
One of just a few Megalodon
specimens in the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area, "very few
people" knew of its location, he added, without elaborating on exactly how
many.
"It is not something someone
would have stumbled across and they have been required to put a bit of effort
in to get it out of the rock as well," he said.
"We presume... an amateur
collector (has taken it) or someone that just wants to have a fossil sitting on
their mantelpiece."
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