Megalodon: Hunting the Hunter

Writing in a conversational style for the lay person -- without forsaking science -- the author embarks on a world-wide hunt for the largest predatory fish and most fearsome shark ever to inhabit our global seas. After 62 million years, the fossil record for this 60-foot aqua-motive known as C. megalodon abruptly ends.

In part, this is a color-illustrated guide book that pinpoints where to search for Meg teeth and other shark fossils in Florida and elsewhere, as well as how to identify the various species. It is also meant to invite lively discussions about how such a menacing predator became extinct, or whether it is still lurking deep below the ocean’s surface. Additionally, the book is a rallying cry for treating today’s sharks (as well as all life forms) with as much respect as we ourselves would want to be treated.

Mark Renz is also the author of "Fossiling In Florida: A Guide For Diggers And Divers" (University Press of Florida best-seller, 1999/2000). The book is in its second printing, and has been nominated for a national outdoor book award.

He is frequently published internationally as a writer and photographer in magazines and newspapers, and is the founding president of the Paleontological Society of Lee County, Florida.

Renz has operated a fossil guide service since 1994, leading families and educational groups into SW Florida rivers to search for Meg teeth and other vertebrate fossils.