The state fossil of Georgia is the tooth of Carcharocles megalodon, a large shark that became extinct at the end of the Pliocene period. The pictured specimen, which dates to the Late Miocene, was found near Savannah and measures 11 centimeters.
Photograph by David R. Schwimmer
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