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South Carolina
Summerville creeks and ditches
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teeth
FossilsAlso reported: megalodon ancestors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Oligocene-Miocene
Palmetto Fossil Excursions explains Summerville's creeks and ditches cut the Ashley and Chandler Bridge formations, producing lag deposits rich in shark teeth; Fossilguy notes most former construction sites are now built over.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
fines, private property, snakes
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