Calvert Marine Museum
Megalodon skeleton jawset reconstruction
In January 2022 I was tasked with replacing all of the 230 teeth in the jawset of the iconic Megalodon skeleton model exhibit at Calvert Marine Museum. It was quite a challenge, but due to the fact that Assistant Curator of Paleontology Dr. Victor Perez realized that the teeth were too large for the length of the skeleton, and were also pointing in the wrong directions, it was necessary to do so.

Dr. Perez found a complete associated dentition of properly sized reproduction teeth cast from an individual specimen at Bone Clones. We required 5 sets due to the "conveyer belt" tooth replacement system of sharks. I had to modify each one and remove and replace all of the original teeth, which were repurposed as stand-alone objects and then sold to raise money for the effort. We scheduled a solid month to do the work, but I finished the project in about two weeks.

You can see the press release my clicking here.

Cheryl Costello at Chesapeake Bay Magazine made a GREAT video report on the whole process, which can be seen directly above. Thank you Cheryl Costello and Chesapeake Bay Magazine!

Megalodon jawset and moving crew once we got it through the windows into the prep lab.

Me in the prep lab working on the jawset.

Selfie taken standing inside the jawset on the table in the prep lab.

Jimmy Langley installing the original Megalodon skeleton model circa 1995 or so.