Mako Shark Fossil Tooth - Cosmopolitodus hastalis
 
Origin: Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town region
 
Period: Neogene Period (Miocene - Pliocene epoch) - ca. 23 to 2 million years ago
 
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (previously as Isurus hastalis), is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived from the Miocene epoch to the Pliocene epoch. Its common names include, the broad-tooth mako, extinct giant mako and broad-tooth white shark. Beautiful dark and shiny fossil teeth are offered.
 
The photos were taken in bright sunlight to bring out their best colours.