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Aurora / PCS Phosphate (Aurora Fossil Museum spoil)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth
FossilsFossils

Also reported: Megalodon, Ecphora in Pungo River/Yorktown spoil.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Miocene / Pliocene

Screen the museum spoil pile. The active phosphate mine itself is off-limits.

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