PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) -- David Wentz was snorkeling in the St. Clair River last August when what he thought was an odd-looking rock caught his eye.
"I didn't know what to think," said the 16-year-old Port Huron resident.
His father, Craig, said he knew right away what it was due to hours of watching the Discovery Channel.
"It's a shark tooth," Craig Wentz said. "It's petrified. It's rock."
Michigan State University paleontologist Michael Gottfried said the 3-inch long tooth comes from an extinct species called Carcharodon megalodon, or the "megatooth" shark. The megalodon, which went extinct 2 million years ago, reached lengths of more than 60 feet.
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"I didn't know what to think," said the 16-year-old Port Huron resident.
His father, Craig, said he knew right away what it was due to hours of watching the Discovery Channel.
"It's a shark tooth," Craig Wentz said. "It's petrified. It's rock."
Michigan State University paleontologist Michael Gottfried said the 3-inch long tooth comes from an extinct species called Carcharodon megalodon, or the "megatooth" shark. The megalodon, which went extinct 2 million years ago, reached lengths of more than 60 feet.
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