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  • 'The find of a lifetime': 8-year-old boy discovers giant shark tooth in South Carolina

    08/23/2022 4:17:54 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 63 replies
    Phys.org ^ | 8/23/2022 | Natalie Neysa Alund
    Carcharocles turgidus teeth. An 8-year-old boy made a prehistoric discovery this month by finding a giant tooth believed to be from the long-extinct angustidens—a megatooth shark species. Riley Gracely of Pennsylvania discovered the massive tooth during a family vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. According to Palmetto Fossil Excursions (PFE), the boy discovered a 4.75-inch tooth belonging to the extinct shark Carcharocles angustidens while participating in a fossil-hunting excursion near Summerville. "Truly the find of a lifetime," PFE wrote in an Aug. 11 Facebook post. "This young man just scored a 4.75" Angustiden tooth in our Premium Gravel Layer piles...