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Pennsylvania Family Makes Prehistoric Discovery While Searching for Seashells on the Jersey Shore
Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center confirmed the fossilized tooth as a once-in-a-lifetime find from an extinct giant shark.
- A Pennsylvania family vacationing at Sea Isle City, New Jersey, discovered a rare fossilized megalodon tooth while searching for shells on the beach.
- Extinct roughly 3.6 million years ago, the megalodon was a giant shark reaching up to 80 feet in length and weighing up to 94 tons.
- Mike Bowers noticed something unusual inside a rock while shelling and called his son, Bo, to help retrieve the fossil with his smaller hand.
- Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center experts confirmed the fossil is a megalodon tooth, calling it a "once-in-a-lifetime find."
- Described as a "once-in-a-lifetime find" by the research center, the Bowers family intends to keep the tooth as a permanent souvenir from their discovery.
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Massive tooth of 3.6M-year-old megalodon — largest shark to ever live — discovered on Jersey Shore
Michael Bowers, 42, discovered a massive tooth from a prehistoric megalodon, the largest shark to ever live, while visiting Sea Isle City, New Jersey, with his son Bo, 11, last week.
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