Megalodon tooth found at Egmont Key

Monday, March 10, 2008

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This tooth was found at Egmont Key. Photo courtesy of the St. Petersburg Times.

A hunt for shells turned into a huge find at Egmont Key.

While walking along the beach Sunday, a 9-year-old boy found a fossil from a shark that would intimidate jaws.

As reported by our partners at the St. Petersburg Times, Grant Johnson found a 5-inch-long, 4 1/2-inch-wide shark tooth.

It belonged to a megalodon, an extinct relative of the great white shark.

Researchers said these teeth turn up often along the southwest coast of Florida.

Grant said his find will go in a display case at home.

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