Shark tooth
GLAHM V5737
Holding institution:
Licence:
Open Government Licence
Scientific name:
Carcharocles megalodon
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
14 October 1875 - 14 October 1875
Form:
Dry
Station:
285
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
Otontidae
Genus:
Carcharocles
Species:
Carcharocles megalodon
Synonyms:
Carcharodon megalodon
Station/Area Information
Station:
285
Date collected:
14/10/1875
Area:
South of Pitcairn Islands, British Overseas Territory
Water body:
Southwest Pacific Ocean
FAO:
81
Depth (Fathoms):
2375 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-32.60
Decimal Longitude:
-137.72
Gear:
Trawl
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02781
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02556
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
63.8°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
63.4°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
63°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
61.8°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
60°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
57.5°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
55°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
52.3°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
49.8°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
46.8°F
Temperature at 275 fathoms:
46.2°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
45.2°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
42.8°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
41°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
39.5°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
38.4°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.7°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
36.6°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
36.3°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
36.1°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
35.9°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
35.8°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
35.7°F
Notes:
Pleistogene period. Tooth of a large shark which lived in shallow water, but whose remains sank to the deep ocean floor after death.
