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South Carolina

Morris Island

Fossil site, tidal Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: mako, great white, tiger.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Miocene-Pleistocene (reworked)

Discover South Carolina calls Morris Island a shark tooth island, and Fossilguy notes it is less picked over than Folly Beach because it is reachable only by water.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

strong inlet currentsNo facilities, tide cut-off

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