SELACHIAN FISHES FROM THE FALUNS OF TOURAINE (sharks)
| Description |
Genus |
Species |
Family |
Origin |
| teeth of megalodon |
Otodus |
megalodon |
Otodontidae |
region of Savigné |
The left tooth was repaired at the level of the root which had a point broken at the time of the coalface's extraction. This tooth is 9 cm but we know bigger (about fifteen cm in the faluns of Anjou). We consider that these sharks could reach a very big size (about twenty metres).
