Current search Current Previous record Prev

Shark tooth (Carcharodon megalodon)

06/10/1875; 6 October 1875

NHMUK-M 481

Synonyms: Megaselachus megalodonCitations: Deep Sea Deposits, Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger 1873-1876. Plate 5, figure 1.

Artwork details

Accession number: NHMUK-M 481

Holding institution: Natural History Museum, London

Date collected: 06/10/1875; 6 October 1875

Area or Water body:

FAO:

Taxonomic groups:

Form: Dry

Station:

Gear: Trawl

Field measurements and observations:

Bottom Temperature (°F): 34.9
Depth (Fathoms): 2385
Sediment sample: Red clay
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02841
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.0246
Surface Temperature (°F): 74.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 74.3;73.5;72.1;68.9;65.7;62.5;59.3;56.2;53.1;50;47.4;45.6;42.3;40.5;39.3;38.4;37.5;37;36.5;36.2;36;35.8;35.6;35.5

Description

Synonyms: Megaselachus megalodon

Citations: Deep Sea Deposits, Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger 1873-1876. Plate 5, figure 1.