†Giant Snaggletooth Shark

Scientific Name: Hemipristis serra

Nicknames: Snaggletooth, Hemi, Snaggle

General Abundance (Peace River): Somewhat uncommon- Somewhat Abundant

Typical tooth size: 1.25 inches or less

Max Tooth Size: 2+ inches

Time alive: Oligocene*/ Miocene- early Pleistocene

Typical large Snaggletooth shark teeth (1 to 1.5 inches)

Facts:

+Snaggletooths became extinct in the Atlantic in the Miocene (if not Pliocene) but survived in the Indo-Pacific region where one smaller descendant species still lives to this day.

+In late 2014, a near complete specimen of a H. serra shark was unearthed during a house extension project in Maryland

+Giant Extinct Snaggletooth sharks not only have one of the most diverse dental assortments, but also some of the coarsest serrations among any animal.

*The species is widely recognized as being around & replacing H. curvatus since the early Oligocene, though imo they appear transitional between the 2 species during that epoch (& didn't grow as big, look up "South Carolina snaggletooth teeth" to see what I mean if I don't get around to it here)

(see more under "Hemipristis serra" page in the Snaggletooth Species section)