Young girl discovers rare 15-million-year-old shark tooth on beach
dailyrecord.co.ukA young girl has been left shocked after discovering a rare 15-million-year-old shark tooth on a beach. Molly Sampson, 9, was out combing the beach on Christmas day when she made the incredible discovery.
The Mirror reports that the nine-year-old was out with her family in Maryland, US, when she came across a five-inch tooth. The tooth belonged to a megalodon shark, which have been extinct for more than 3.6 million years, according to National Geographic.Molly's mum, Alicia, says her husband is an avid shark tooth hunter and their child has followed in his footsteps.
Speaking to The Washington Post, Alicia said: "Molly has been searching for a meg because she knows how big they can be, and also how rare they are"Molly has literally been shark tooth hunting since she could walk on the beach." After making their latest discovery, the family got the tooth examined at the Calvert Marine Museum.
The curator of palaeontology at the musuem, Stephen Godfrey, revealed that it belonged to a species known as Otodus meglaodon.
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