What the Experts Said — and Why This Tooth Was Different
At the museum, paleontologists took one look and reacted fast.
The size was impressive, but that wasn’t the only thing.
It was the condition.
Most big fossil teeth you find are chipped, worn down, or cracked from tumbling in water and sand for years. Molly’s tooth was unusually well preserved — the kind of “clean” fossil you don’t expect to just… show up.
Experts estimated it was roughly 15 million years old, dating back to the Miocene epoch, when warm coastal waters were home to giant sharks and prehistoric marine life that feels almost alien to us now.
Think about that for a second:
A kid, standing in the present day, holding a tooth from a predator that ruled the ocean millions of years before humans existed.
That kind of moment rewires your brain a little.
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